Orchid - Vanda coerulea (Hybrid)

Orchid-TheBlue,Autumn lady's tresses                                                                                            

                              
   ID #725
 
 

Vanda orchids, especially Vanda coerulea are endangered, and have never been common because they are usually only infrequently encountered in habitat and grow only in disturbed forest areas with high light levels.Coerulea is one of the few botanical orchids which can produce varieties with blue flowers (actually a very bluish purple), a property much appreciated for producing interspecific and intergeneric hybrids.

HEIGHT X SPREAD: 10 inches x 10 inches PLANT TYPE: Orchid -Evergreen GROWTH RATE: Slow TEXTURE: bold LIGHT: filtered light, high, lots! WATER: moist but well drained, high humidity 60-70 % SOIL: grow in baskets or large pots filled with smallish pieces of bark or bark mix.
As observed in Coastal NC. BLOOMS: Bluish purple. FRUIT AND SEED: N/A, propagate by division. KEY FEATURES: Hybrid cultivar from: “MC5319 x MC5351” - Meyer Conservatory codes.
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Mooring Hitch Received out of flask, 25 plus plantlets. (22 large (1 inch), ~15 tiny (1/4 inch) Potted in moist chilean moss(soaked in water with 1/4 strength fertilizer and squeezed, carefully separating roots with moss, easier to re-potting later one. A total of 3 pots, one pot has all tiny seedlings with barely one root and brown leaves, less than 1/2 cm. plantlets. Will see how many make it. CARE: keep moss moist but not wet, keep leaves dry. -July 23, 2012: plantlets moved to (20) 2.5” pots with small bark. One plant per pot. Still have some tiny ones trying to survive in compot. Jan. 8, 2014: All seedlings dead.
          Mooring Hitch Gardens       
 

May 2012

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Flower SAMPLE photo

As received

Planted day received  -  May 2012

January 2014