Ascocenda rescue

Here is an ascocenda hybrid that I am trying to revive:



It has all brown and dried up roots, the leaves are a bit dehydrated too. I put it into vase just so I can see what is going on with those old brown roots and hoping that maybe some of them still have the life inside and might produce new growth.

It resides in the kitchen beside the sink, so I would fill up the vase often having it there and wouldn't forget about it.

We will see if this rescue operation will succeed.

Oh yeah, the cross is - Ascda. Suksamran Sunlight x Khun Nok, it should have orange flowers.

Vanda Somthawil

Vanda Somthawil is a primary hybrid between Vanda merrillii and Vanda denisoniana.



The flowers will have fragrance, I am really looking forward to get this one to bloom.
I potted it the same way as all my adult vandas, net pots with sphagnum at the top.

Vandachostylis Sri-Siam

This cute vandaceous is an intergeneric primary hybrid (is there such thing?) between Vanda tessellata and Rhynchostylis gigantea:





The roots were so much tangled into the plastic basket that I could not easily free them up without damaging. So I decided to keep the basket and just placed it into clay pot adding the sphagnum right inside the basket. Hope it will work.

Pictures of Vandachostylis Sri-Siam that I found on the web suggest that it should have nicely waxed dark red flowers with some fragrance.

Vanda coerulea

The blue vanda species - Vanda coerulea. It doesn't need to grow huge to flower, my plant is blooming sized:



It does need however to grow some new roots.

Vanda coerulea is relatively slow growing species and might put out just one set of new leaves through the season.

Tolerant of colder temps it can withstand down to 5-10 C - just goes dormant and stops the growing.

I read somewhere that it needs temperature drops to induce blooms and hope to achieve it by placing plant on the windowsil closer to window glass during freezing winter times.
We shall see if it works.

Vanda tricolor

A very small seedling of vanda tricolor - since my main interest is still vanda species.




I already have a seedling of Vanda suavis which is actually Vanda tricolor var. suavis. This one is supposed to be different, although I will not know for sure another 5 years at least.

If you want to train your patience - buy a small seedling of vanda.

Vanda bensonii

Cutting of Vanda bensonii got some nice new roots going in the basket with coconut husk chips. Because I was going to grow it in a vase, I decided to move her there now before roots grow wide to the sides and would need to be pushed and curled to fit. Now they can be nicely shaped by the vase.

Vanda testacea

Apparently not all vandas like it in the glass vase. After having Vanda testacea bare rooted I thought it was too dry for her and put it into glass bowl where its roots could curl up nicely and watered it together with other vase vandas by filling vase with water every day. After couple months it lost several bottom leaves on both growths because they rotted at the base.
I was so scared that I will loose the plant because of crown rot, so I moved it to the wide clay pot without any media.



Will see how it goes there, hopefully it will have chance to dry out better.