Confusing Vanda seedling care
 

What is the correct care for a seedling? There's conflicting info all over the web. I have one in a small plastic basket and the other in a wooden slatted basket with no medium.
I think I got in over my head for a beginner.:(
Sorry about the sideways pics.

Tamilynn, don’t feel overwhelmed by these two seedlings. What are the names of your Vanda?

Depending on what these are, they will do okay, generally speaking, as long as you give them:
1) warm temperatures—if they are going live in your house, that is fine
2) give them fresh moving air
3) give them a daily drink of water—as the winter progresses, try to water early in the day, so when night falls, your Vanda will be dry, that is the one hanging in the basket without media. The Vanda in the pot, test the potting media, if damp, near the center of the pot, don’t water.
4) depending on what these are, relative humidity of 50% will be appreciated
5) feed weakly weekly
6) bright in-direct sunshine.

Plastic pot is Pachara and wooden is Kulwadee.
Trying not to overthink. They look pretty healthy right now.
Thanks for the info!

Tamilynn, you like MANY others, have fallen into the trap in assuming that "the plant" is the only factor to consider.

Certainly plants have certain requirements - as Matt described so well for most vandaceous types - but how one provides them is controlled by your growing conditions and how much you like to (or want to) "mess with them."

In my greenhouse environment, where they were watered automatically on a daily basis, I grew vadaceous plants in wooden baskets with no medium. Now that I grow in a home environment, I don't grow them at all, but if I did, I'd have to use some sort of coarse potting medium in a pot.

I grow indoors and find the easiest way to grow them is in glass vases, in this case a former candle holder from Ikea - I just cleaned the wax out when it was finished. It's easy to water, soak and feed with no drips or mess.

Keep in mind Vandas need a lot of water: Much more water than most other warm growing epiphytic orchids.

I think that's where I am going wrong, I only water every few days as I have plants underneath where they hang which would be too much for them. Thanks for this post, very interesting.