Vanda merrillii getting ready to bloom

[Angurek]

Originally Posted by smweaver

Carl and Naoki, have either of you called RF Orchids? V. merrillii's not listed on their website; however, they have numerous hybrids that list this species as one of the parents. So they've got to have access to it somehow (unless they're simply importing a lot of their new seedlings from Southeast Asia, where, I'm assuming, V. merrillii might be more widely grown).

Steve

I already sent them an E-mail asking them if they have this species. They do, but they told me that all their plants are leggy. I decided not to accept their offer because compromised Vandas don't do well.

Originally Posted by Swamper

Congratulations Steve. That is one of my favorite Vanda species too.
Carl and Naoki, usually a lot of V.species don't look anywhere as good as hybrids do. You probably already knew that though. Good luck.

Swamper, I was actually talking about plant quality, not flower quality. I can't find one in decent shape that's of blooming size. For whatever reason, the growers I've spoken to have all told me that their plants are not in good condition, or that they only have seedlings. I think I may have to keep looking.

[Swamper]

Originally Posted by Angurek

Swamper, I was actually talking about plant quality, not flower quality. I can't find one in decent shape that's of blooming size. For whatever reason, the growers I've spoken to have all told me that their plants are not in good condition, or that they only have seedlings. I think I may have to keep looking.

Years ago I was at RF's and asked for a Merrillii. They went in the back and brought one out for me and it looked like it fell off the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down. I asked why it looked that way and they told me some species look like this. I didn't take it cause I love the flowers but I didn't want to look at that plant the rest of the time in the state it was in. I've seen several since then and they looked bad also. Even at Fairchild Tropical Gardens, which usually has very nice specimen, theirs wasn't very nice either. I'm sure there could be a nice one out there, keep looking.