Vanda vietnamica finally in bloom!!!!

[WhiteRabbit]

Wow! That's fabulous! I love the color, shape and size of the flowers! The fragrance sounds wonderful too! What a gem!

[Bud]

Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit

Wow! That's fabulous! I love the color, shape and size of the flowers! The fragrance sounds wonderful too! What a gem!

Thanks for the visit and your encouraging words, Sonya !

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Originally Posted by rastafouni

A very delicate species !

Thank You, Philippe !

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Originally Posted by TOMMYMIAMI

LOVE IT!

Thank You, Tommy !

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Originally Posted by kindrag23

Cool, great info! Love the pictures and the bling on the pot!

Thank You, kindrag23 !

I got this cachepot from Marshalls just right for my 2 1/2 pots

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Originally Posted by Orchids4ever

Thats is a beautiful Plant Bud.
Mine only has 6 Leafs so i think it is to small to bloom yet
Hope when it does ,its atleast half as nice as yours
Great Job

Thanks, Monika!

you might be surprised even if your plant has six leaves it might already be blooming size....you should always make it a point to ask how old your plant is from sellers and growers....my Euanthe sanderiana keiki had only five leaves when it first bloomed; its good I didn't detach it from its mother....

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Thank You, Jayfar!

Thank You Random Gemini !

[CR7cristiano]

Finally I get to see a nice up close picture of one of these.....I love it! Great growing; looks very healthy. This by the way is a Natural hybrid not a specie of vanda Bud. Just to clear that up.
I definitely want to get one now though, wasn't sure before.

[Bud]

Originally Posted by CR7cristiano

Finally I get to see a nice up close picture of one of these.....I love it! Great growing; looks very healthy. This by the way is a Natural hybrid not a specie of vanda Bud. Just to clear that up.
I definitely want to get one now though, wasn't sure before.

Thanks for the visit.

* how did you arrive at the conclusion that Vanda vietnamica formerly known as Christensonia vietnamica is a hybrid?
That is news to me....

Scientific Classification :
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
SubTribe: Aeridinae
Genus: Christensonia
Species: C. vietnamica
Binomial name:
Christensonia vietnamica
Haager 1993

Maybe you can give me the parent hybrid of Vanda vietnamica.…if you say it is a hybrid?

[CR7cristiano]

Originally Posted by Bud

Thanks for the visit.

* how did you arrive at the conclusion that Vanda vietnamica formerly known as Christensonia vietnamica is a hybrid?
That is news to me....

Scientific Classification :
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
SubTribe: Aeridinae
Genus: Christensonia
Species: C. vietnamica
Binomial name:
Christensonia vietnamica
Haager 1993

Maybe you can give me the parent hybrid of Vanda vietnamica.…if you say it is a hybrid?

A natural Hybrid is one occurring on its own in nature.
As of now it was moved from the genus christensonia to vanda and vietnamica is the epithet. Those two come together to create this natural hybrid. Now classified as a vanda.