Vandas in Glass Vases

[Lagoon]

This is an excellent idea, thanks for sharing!
Those vandas are to die for
I think I'll go find me a vase and put my only Ascda. in there today.

[Cookiemonster]

Im looking to do some growth in vases and hanging in baskets in my experimental green-white house project,
does anyone have any ideas/recommendations on additional lighting that may be great for vandas, since I only have an east facing window?

telipogon do you know much about this, Im looking at this site and lost like anything, and dont want to spend ludicrous amounts



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[Nita M]

Teli -

I'm new to vanda growing, but nowhere I've been (Florida mostly) have I ever seen them in vases. Do you keep them in water all the time? Or do you just fill the vases up every day, let them sit for 15 minutes or so and then pour all the water out??? What a mind blower it was to read your post.

Nita M

[Cookiemonster]

Hello everyone
I have some vandas, not so happy with the bareroot hanging around technique, I got a glass vase and the mouth (about 3ish inches) will not take all the healthy roots since some of them are going everywhere, should I just brake them for the greater good or get a larger vase, I'd appreciate any recs....

[allaKAZAAM]

Originally Posted by Cookiemonster

Hello everyone
I have some vandas, not so happy with the bareroot hanging around technique, I got a glass vase and the mouth (about 3ish inches) will not take all the healthy roots since some of them are going everywhere, should I just brake them for the greater good or get a larger vase, I'd appreciate any recs....

My suggestion is to soak the roots in water for about 15-30 minutes. They will become quite flexible and then try again to place them in the vase.
Your Vanda has spent a lot of energy to make those roots, so breaking/cutting them off makes even me wince ().
Try and remove any old/dead roots first if you do have to cut back on them. Should even this not work out, then cut as little of the new/living roots as possible...also use horticultural grade sulphur or something of similar usage to stop any rot/fungus from attacking the cut roots. Wait a week or two before you place in the vase (otherwise you will most likely get a rot/fungus on them).

Others with more info/experience will most probably reply to your question also.

Hope this helps?!

allaKAZAAM

[nenella]

Originally Posted by Cookiemonster

Hello everyone :.., I got a glass vase and the mouth (about 3ish inches) good or get a larger vase, I'd appreciate any recs....

Hi Cookiemonster, I'd try & get a vase thats all open at the top ..
depends on the size of your roots but "open vases" exist ..example:- Ik**, do some transparent long rectangular glass & square ones, florists etc now selll high/long glass vases.....
I had a vanda in a vase a couple years ago & killed it by keeping on forgetting it soaking in its bath..
I now have an Ascocentrum Miniatum- 6 weeks -
(IOt is bare root attached to a piece of bamboo stick..and which I at first kept in a vase , but have now tried putting it in "bottle" & I soak it most days for 30 mins...
Good luck ! & keep us posted whatever you decide to do

[cirillonb]

I have found a bunch of very inexpensive vases of various shapes and sized at 2 local craft type stores such as Mi....l's (I guess we aren't supposed to mention commercial business names). I don't know what you have in Phoenix. One of the entries on this thread had the plant in a pitcher which had a very wide mouth although not too deep. The roots needed to be able to fold up if possible. I agree, as hard as it is to promote root growth I wouldn't cut any off. In time, some may be rejected by the plant and can be thinned.
Nick

[LeeB]

Originally Posted by telipogon

Neverend, the vases are open at the top so air is allowed to circulate. Also, the evaporating water from the vase draws fresh air down around the roots.

Lighting problems ? NY is much further South than birmingham, UK !

Have you tried this w/Neofinetias?

[trdyl]

Originally Posted by Vanda lover

I have been wondering about tolumnia. I have a friend who has tried a phal with some success, so I guess you just have to try it.

You may have just saved my Tolumnias with that thought.

As far as Phals go, my Phal. shilleriana just too off. Great root growth and much larger leaves. First bloomed seedling spike branched with 10 flowers.

Originally Posted by LeeB

Have you tried this w/Neofinetias?

I have 3 growing this way for about 7 months now. So far so good.

[livtodance]

I found a vanda in a vase in Home Depot around 5 years ago. I was so excited to see a vanda in NY. It did have one flower, but as I picked up the vase, the flower fell off. Nevertheless, I have kept at it with all sorts of trials. First off I would soak the vanda for an hour once a week and then remove it and let it sit in the vase the rest of the week. I would spray it with water whenever I thought of it. When I bought it, it was sitting in one of those teensy baskets. Hardly any roots on it that i could see. After doing this one hour hydration routine for about one year and seeing no change, I went into full water culture. I just let the vanda sit in about 2-3 inches of water all the time. I take it out once a week and change the water. It wasn't doing much this way either. I did this for about 1.5 years. And, by the way, I specifically bought a plant lamp for this orchid. I then looked over the non-existing roots. I took off the basket. It really wasn't doing anything. Then I happened to notice a small bump the size of a pencil eraser up the side of the bottom stem (not the leaf). I didn't know what it was. Didn't look like a root. But, I took a chance and took some sphagnum moss, wet it and secured it at that spot with a twisty tie. I continued the once a week water change and would moisten that moss periodically. That went on for another year. Suddenly, I saw a root sprout from that very spot. An aerial root. So exciting. And now (about one year later) it has a multitude of roots at the bottom. They are really branching out. And, it now has two very large aerial roots coming out from the leaves. I hand wash the roots once a week (they get very slimy). I'm very excited to see if this orchid is ever going to bloom for me after all it has been through.

This is all a very extremely interesting thread for me. And, so you know, the vase that it sits in is about 12 or more inches high and about 6 inches in diameter.