Weed Vandas are about to be put into a bag and thrown off a bridge.

[voyager]

I have another ohia tree succumbing to the Rapid Ohia Death [ROD] plague.
It has at least 4 weed Vandas in it, one of which is now in bloom.

This one has bloomed at leas 1X and some times 2X per year for the last 3 years.


There are at least 3 more in the dying tree. Possibly more that I haven't seen because they're smaller or just hidden.

I have never seen these bloom yet. So, I have no Idea as to what they will look like. There is a possibility that some could look like this one, another of my weed Vandas:

It is most likely that all will be like the one in bloom in the 1st photo because of all my weed Vandas, I've only found one of the red so far.

I will be felling the dead tree sometime in the not too distant future. I have a weed tree near it that is threatening the power lines coming into the house. Hurricane season has begun and the storms have started to form, one of which should reach hurricane force today or tomorrow. But, it does not look as if it will threaten us her on B.I.
I feel the pressure anyway and that tree must go soon.
When I take it down, I'll also take the dead Ohia tree down.

I have these weed vandas all over my property. I will not waste a good mounting site that can be used for a new orchid on any of these weeds.
So, as I have done once before here, I am offering all the Vandas that come out of this tree as a unit to any one here that wants them and is willing to pay postage costs. Last time they all went into a large one-rate box for about $35 +/-. Actual cost will be whatever I have to pay for priotity postage on the one-rate box.

I am not in the business of selling and shipping orchids. So, I do not want to be sending multiple shipments to several addresses.

If interested PM me. First come, first served, priority given to 1st group that wants to divy-up between themselves.

EDIT:
Domestic U.S. only.

[FSUOrchids]

That last one looks like V. Luzonica

[voyager]

I have requests for the weeds. Baring anything unforeseen, they are gone, or will be in the not to distant future.

@ FSUOrchids
I had assumed that all these weed orchids were feral hybrids that had escaped and flourished.
It does look like it might be a V. luzonica, or at least have it in its parentage.
Thanks for pointing that out.

Just looked at my two V. Mimi Palmers this morning. One has begun a spike. I'm enthralled with this Vanda. It has a bit of a mud fence look to it. But, it is very nicely fragrant. In fact it is the only fragrant Vanda I know of.

[Pattywack]

I wish I had weeds like these in my trees, beautiful weeds. Very sweet of you to share them rather than tossing them off a bridge.

[voyager]

Well, I have removed the tree limb with the weed in bloom on it:



I have learned something from this particular plant. I may have to stop calling my feral orchids weeds.

When I went looking for a pic to see a V. luzonica in the IOSPE, I noted that many of the species Vandas listed in there were marked as being fragrant. That led me to think that something might not be quite right about my saying that the V. Mimi Palmer was the only fragrant vanda I had ever come across.

I stuck my nose into the flowers on this plant. It is FRAGRANT!!!
I guess that I just assumed it was simply a mud fence weed because of their brownish coloring of the petals and their being everywhere around here.
I'm going to need to smell every Vanda I come across from here on out, no mater what I think it looks like, or how common it is.

Note:
I have found an ant nest on the limb with ants crawling all over the orchid. I am in the process of eradicating them before removing it from the limb and preparing it for shipment.
I'll probably bring the tree down today and gather the rest of the Vandas. I think that I may have found another smaller one not pictured, making a total of 5 plants.

After I bring the tree down, buck and clean it up, I'll mount a new orchid on the top of the stump. Can't waste any good mounting spots.


EDIT:
I've changed my mind. I don't care how nice they smell. They're still weeds.

Go ahead, count 'em.
Yeah, 11 of the little beggars in various stages out of a single tree.
Only a weed could do that.

[Bunch_Of_Roots]

I wish I have weed vandas growing on my trees...

[nikkik]

I know I saw merrillii in this flower. I think it is a primary hybrid Vanda Trimerrill (V. merrillii x V. tricolor).

[voyager]

Originally Posted by nikkik

I know I saw merrillii in this flower. I think it is a primary hybrid Vanda Trimerrill (V. merrillii x V. tricolor).

I had gone through the IOSPE's Vanda section and picked out about 4 that looked as if they might have contributed to this Vanda. V. merrilli and V. tricolor were in that group. Although, I wasn't very confident about them. I just went to Google Images and looked for V. Trimerrill. It is a dead ringer for some of those.

EDIT:
The ones I had picked as potential parents from IOSPE were:

V. arcuata - The general coloration and distribution of color looked good. But, I didn't think the lip fit.

V. gibbsiae - Again, the general coloring and distribution of color looked good. The The twist in the dorsal petals also fit nicely. But, again the lip didn't fit.

V. merrillii - The distribution of color. The lip shape with the stripes in the throat was a good match. The strong red and yellow colors gave me grave reservations.

V. tricolor - The color and its distribution looked good. The lip shape and stripes in the throat. were a good match. Again, the twist to the dorsal petals matched nicely.

Other than seeing the similarities, I could not pick any with confidence as being parent plants.

The old substrate, or what's left of it, of these Vandas has been given to another, the Encyclia cordigera hybrid I picked up last April. It has bloomed out and is beginning new growths. It needs a place to call home. This will do.

[Tindomul]

Nice stuff, too bad about the tree.