free Vanda

[VickiC]

…for anyone who will give her a good home.

Hello everyone. I am sad that I must part with my big Vanda but it has grown too large for my greenhouse plus I’m having difficulty raising it back up into hanging position after I soak it in it’s bucket. It has bloomed often and has gone keike wild. As long as I have had it, it has soaked in fertilizer water each day (and seaweed water about once each month…starting approx.. 2 yrs. ago).

Before I go on, I should tell you that I will not be able to ship it (I’m sorry)…so anyone interested will have to pick it up here at my home. I live in north-central Alabama.

I am sending photos of my Vanda, but they are random and are in no specific order as to the date each photo was taken…although I had dated one 2001, which I know is wrong because I haven’t been growing orchids that long. I have been trying my hand at them about 8 years and this Vanda is approx. that old. I bought it at Lowes’ when it was a bag baby only a few inches tall and now it is between 3 ½-4 feet tall…top of plant to bottom of roots. As I was a very new grower when I purchased it, it didn’t cross my mind that the plant would grow as large as it has and where I would put it if it did (duh me). It has many keikes and one is spiking with new buds at the moment. I can’t remember exactly what the tag said it’s name is because it dropped into the Vanda’s watering bucket sometime since I have had it and was lost when I changed the water (approx. every 2 weeks). I do remember the tag read “Robert” in it’s name. As you can see, the blooms are quite large and are a pretty blueish-purple shade.

I am posting this in the “Orchids For Sale, Trade, Free..etc.” forum as well as the "Beginner" forum in hopes more people will see my post.

Back to photos, I do not have one as of today (because I have not had time to take one)...but I will try to this afternoon or tomorrow morn. if you ask...no problem.

I feel that I may have left out info that would answer any questions you may have, so please ask and I will try to answer.

Thank you for reading,
Vicki