tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post1963482552819544314..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Pretty picture: Vanda NOIDsmr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-70603662472404145012008-12-05T04:47:00.000-08:002008-12-05T04:47:00.000-08:00The greenhouse I frequent always has a large suppl...The greenhouse I frequent always has a large supply of blue Vandas. I was seriously considering buying one, just for color alone, but thought otherwise upon finding out that they need to be watered every day. Here's the link to Vanda culture from that greenhouse (I hope it's OK to post links?):<BR/><BR/>http://www.orchidsgardencentre.com/orchids.vand.cfmAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00267869197136460297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-123205466198092672008-10-26T04:34:00.000-07:002008-10-26T04:34:00.000-07:00When they arrived, they were in plastic mesh pots ...When they arrived, they were in plastic mesh pots like y'all are talking about. For display purposes, we had to set the mesh pots in larger clay ones, and then at some point they got potted directly into the clay ones with bark and the whole bit, which was WCW's idea, not mine. I'll talk to her at some point about moving them out of the clay pots and bark.<BR/><BR/>(Although -- would pots and mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-48947849917420649472008-10-25T20:10:00.000-07:002008-10-25T20:10:00.000-07:00As teli said, in the right conditions no pot is re...As teli said, in the right conditions no pot is required -- no media either. A warm humid greenhouse is one such environment. <BR/><BR/>Part of your selling problems could very well be that they ARE NOIDs. For that kind of money, an orchid collector is generally going to pass right by a NOID.<BR/><BR/>Not a big vanda nut myself though a well grown plant will often have multiple spikes and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-80660744507385436462008-10-25T09:24:00.000-07:002008-10-25T09:24:00.000-07:00Vandas are easier to grow out of pots hanging from...Vandas are easier to grow out of pots hanging from wires where they can be sprayed wet and allowed to dry naturally. In our climate (england) growing them in glass vases gives good results.telipogonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13018335611346538184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-61316345807769354342008-10-22T11:55:00.000-07:002008-10-22T11:55:00.000-07:00It's the only one I've ever seen, so far. Most of ...It's the only one I've ever seen, so far. Most of the <I>Vanda</I>s I've run across have been the same general color as the ones in the first pictures.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-23068082493651402322008-10-22T08:15:00.000-07:002008-10-22T08:15:00.000-07:00I really like the blue one you found at Lowes. I'...I really like the blue one you found at Lowes. I've never seen that color of Orchid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com