How to grow Vanda growing and care:
80% humidity, recommend temperature in day time 15C (60F) can survive 11C (52F) to 35C (95F) but not recommend, moist, change old soil, cork soil, bark or bark chip, transparent pot, pot in that will be fit (not too big) room temperature water, clean water (rain water), when change pot need to cut the dead root, need to cork before start to become compost and acid, recommend to use Styrofoam to give air for the root, drained soil
What is the best way to start growing?
Plant / Vegetative Reproduction
Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
Yes
Difficulties or problems when growing:
Need to keep wet all the time without to grow it in the ground or pot
Planting season:
All year
Pests and diseases:
Aphids
Pruning season:
All year
How to prune:
Old yellow leaves, after the bloom cut the stem 2 cm after the bloom dies
Size of the plant?
30-60 cm, 12-24 inches
Growth speed in optimal condition:
Medium growing / Slow growing
Water requirement:
Average amount of water / Big amount of water
Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun / Half Shade (some variety will burn in full sun and other suffer in half shade)
Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
Yes (only with a lot of sun light next to window)
Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:
Yes (but better to grow it with nothing on a bark or something synthetic)
Blooming information
Bloom season:
Most of the year in colder places not in the winter
General information about the flower
Petals shape can be in wedge to elliptic shape there are five petals and in some cultivars there is one petals in the middle can looks like apron or vest and much more, color can be: purple, brown, red, blue, pink, white, orange, yellow, black or green, the flower can be in more than one color it can be stripes, dots or shapeless structure
Scientific name:
Vanda
Categories
Blooming Seasons | - Autumn flowers
- Spring flowers
- Summer flowers
- Winter flowers
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Flower colors | - Black flower
- Blue flower
- Brown flowers
- Green flower
- Orange flower
- Pink flower
- Purple flower
- Red flower
- White flower
- Yellow flower
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Climate | - Mediterranean Climate
- Subtropics Climate
- Tropics Climate
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Plant growing speed | - Average growing plants
- Slow growing plants
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Plant life-form | - Epiphyte
- Evergreen
- Herbaceous
- Orchids
- Perennial plant
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Plant Uses | - Floristry
- Ornamental plants
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Planting Season | - Autumn Planting
- Spring Planting
- Summer planting
- Winter planting
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Plants sun exposure | - Full sun Plants
- Part shade Plants
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Watering plants | - Big amount of water
- Regularly water
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Hardiness zone | - Hardiness zone 11
- Hardiness zone 12
- Hardiness zone 13
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