Vanda Somsri Blue Diamond - Orchid Board

fishmommy · #1 04-21-2010, 05:44 PM

blooming has begun in earnest!
nice day here in NH for outdoor photos:

dounoharm · #2 04-21-2010, 06:56 PM

what a beautiful blue!! nice, very nice plant!! good growing!!

mollycart1 · #3 04-21-2010, 09:48 PM

Beautiful flowers. I love puples. Good growing.

Tindomul · #4 04-22-2010, 10:08 AM

OMG, gorgeous!!!

fishmommy · #5 04-22-2010, 03:20 PM

Thanks guys....I just adore vandas, especially the tessellated ones. This is my first tessellated - my other vandas are either solid color or spotted.
This is my favorite now for sure!

RosieC · #6 04-22-2010, 03:55 PM

I really love that colour. I really like the tessellated ones as well.

trdyl · #7 04-22-2010, 04:03 PM

It is a beauty!

Angurek · #8 04-22-2010, 06:53 PM

Nice lavender Vanda. I love the loose, rounded shape of the blooms and those bold tessellations. It looks very similar to Blue Magic. Is it one of the parents of this hybrid?

fishmommy · #9 04-22-2010, 07:13 PM

I don't know the parents, actually.

I got it here: Vanda Somsri Blue Diamond - $50.00 : Goodwin Orchids - located in Leesburg, Florida, SITE_TAGLINE

I have had it a little less than a year now and it's doubled in size in that time. I keep it bare root and soak it in a bucket daily.

Today the tessellations are much darker and more blue. I suspect this may end up near dark blue.