Vanda. Very determined to live and bloom - Orchid Board

Grandma M · #1 07-29-2010, 08:29 AM

This guy is determined to survive. After blowing away in a storm, spending two days on a golf course, badly beat up and sun burned, it decided to survive. 4 years later this is what it decided to do to reward me for all my TLC. It has another spike forming. This one is not completely opened yet but I just couldn't wait for the full bloom to show it.

Orchids are not as fragile as we tend to think they are.

V-Robert's Delight 'Garnet Beauty'.

Roy · #2 07-29-2010, 08:58 AM

Well done Marilyn, all the plant wanted to do is come home & thank you for the rescue.

RosieC · #3 07-29-2010, 02:32 PM

That so great, so wonderful it survived after all that.

Swamper · #4 07-29-2010, 02:54 PM

Orchids are not as fragile as we tend to think they are..... But I believe that one is especially hardy. I love it.

Lorraine · #5 07-29-2010, 04:14 PM

Good job Marilyn. Just shows what happens when we give a little TLC.

Tindomul · #6 07-29-2010, 08:16 PM

Wow, serendipity!! Or was it yours and blew away from your home? In anycase, great work rescuing it, its very pretty.

MuscleGirl'sHobby · #7 08-04-2010, 01:46 AM

Wow, now that's a survival story! What a pretty thing too. Congrats on saving this beauty. As tough as those babies can be, it still takes some skill to nurse one back like that. I hope I've got it, because I just realized that a Vanda I thought was dead (from the winter cold & heater dying) is not dead at all and appears to be sending out 3 keikis!