Vanda coerulea "Sanon Strain"
 

A beauty of a blue Vanda :biggrin:

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What a beauty!!! :drool:

Stunning blue flowers. :bowing

I have the same vanda "Sanon Strain". She starts blooming soon, nice to see the flowers in advance. :)

Very nice! It is one of the greatest blue orchids in the world. But most plants seems dislike the hot summer here.

GORGEOUS!!!

Do you know the history of 'Sanon Strain'? It's a beauty!

Beautiful blue!!!
I have the same problem Pheli has, since this is one of the few, if not the only Vanda that loves cold temps!

Hi Granny,

I LUV those BloOmS! They remind me of large-footed blue water birds coming in for a landing! I like it, I do, I do, I do!!! :yikes: :bowing :yikes:

The coerulea is one of the few vandas I have killed more than once...like others have noted, it's just too hot where I live...but you can't blame me for trying. :blushing:

Wow!
Fantastic growing! I love the tessellations!

Absolutely Stunning. Thank you for sharing the pics.
Btw... are just the roots keeping the plant in the basket? or any wire??

What history?

Simply wonderful Granny, you've given me hope!!
Al

Another beautiful blue vanda. I was just gifted with a pretty one which I believe must have some coerulea in it's background. Marilyn

Just the roots :D

Granny - Did you know that another member - Peter NL - also shares in owing one of these beauties! :clap:
Here is his thread from last year - http://www.orchidboard.com/community...-coerulea.html

Thanks for the thread ;) Sometimes I visit Peter's website, it's wunderful :D

Just to let "Pheli" & "Rosim" know there are strains of V.coerulea that will flower in warmer climates. We have some that will flower & grow in the BKK heat & a few times a year at that & they are genuine V.coerulea

Oh, wow! That is awesome! Maybe I should try coerulea. I live in Northern Michigan so cooler temperatures usually isn't a problem. :)

Any chance you could recommend a source for it?
-ken

Fantastic!

David
If I close my eyes I can almost see the those large-footed blue water birds coming in for a landing.:hmm What a nice dream.

Very nice coerulea indeed. You can tell it is a real coerulea as well, they have quite a distinct flower shape. It doesn't look like the wild type but definitely a real coerulea, somewhat improved on the wild form by the looks of it. I live in the subtropics where coerulea doesn't exactly thrive in our heat and humidity but i can get them to grow ok by hanging them up high outside with lots of air movement. Once again very nice plant/flower.

Orchidlover
Where in Qld do you come from ?. You should be able to grow V.coerulea in SE Qld. I can even grow & flower it in BKK which has the (approx) same latitude as Darwin although the flowers are washed out which I believe is normal for tropical areas.

yeah i can grow it and flower it ok but i wouldn't say that it thrives here. Maybe if i lived up in the ranges it would thrive alot better. Depends on the clone as well. The wild type i have seems to not do as well as the "selected" ones.

I do prefer the wild type coerulea though. The flowers are quite unique.