V. Pat's Delight 'Purple Blue'

[FSUOrchids]

I bought this plant over the weekend at a local orchid sale. I got this extremely cheap, despite it being a very healthy older plant. The flowers are a bright blue with a hint of purple when spiking. Right now it's not flowering, but for the price I couldn't turn it down. Roots are massive, measuring 3.5 feet long.

[silken]

A great find!

[Susie11]

Wow, what a find! Love the pic, it looks like it is standing up by itself.

[FSUOrchids]

I also noticed that there is some kind of basal keiki that appears to branch off from the main plant. It only has the one leaf though.

[SlipperGirl]

I love the roots! great find and congrats on the keiki

[FSUOrchids]

This just bloomed, I will post pictures of it shortly

[FSUOrchids]

Here are the blooms. They are a lot deeper of a shade of purple than the photos suggest. Unfortunately cameras can't really capture the colors.

[NYCorchidman]

Roots look healthy and wow~ aren't there a lot!!!

also, do I see a baby attached at the base?

What a good bargain then!

[FSUOrchids]

That keiki didn't develop.

Yes, it has 3.5 feet of roots, it's a pretty old plant.

[Bud]

Too bad the baby didn't develop.
You have a good buy.
But I hope the roots touching ground only happened in the pictorial.
Bacteria and other bad stuff can happen if the roots touches ground for a long period of time. They were meant to be hanging free in the air especially in Florida where the humidity in the atmosphere Vandas love.