Vandachostylis Sri-Siam again

I tried to make some pictures of the blooms without using flash, right in the orchid tank. Now, the color looks a bit more real:



I think flash takes away blue tones, but then again, maybe T5 lights enhance it a bit here:



Here is where Sri-Siam lives:

Vandachostylis Sri-Siam blooms

V. Sri-Siam is a first vandaceous that bloomed in my orchid tank under T5 HO lights.



I wasn't sure if tanks lighting would be enough for vandas but it turned to be ok, so I can go back to my "vanda obsession", although concentrating on smaller sized plants.



Vandachostylis Sri-Siam is a small plant with waxy flowers and color hard to capture. It is more purple in real life.
Lip has an interesting texture and pattern.





I find it adorable...

Vandachostylis Sri-Siam spike

Here is something I am very proud of - a spike on V. Sri-Siam:



It is a first vandaceous that spiked in the orchid tank, which means it gets sufficient light, so maybe other vandas will do the same.

I know, plant looks a bit rough but it is just purple patches from too much light. Hopefully spike won't stall.

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.