Vandas in Bloom Nov-Dec 2013 - Page 3 - Orchid Board

braveall · #21 02-05-2014, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by denvervet

Thank you for the information. Two feet? Oh my goodness. At that rate it will take a while. I have attached a picture of my Neostylis Lou Sneary 'Bluebird' which bloomed a short time ago. I am the "King" of over potting and wonder if you think this pot is too large for this Vanda. Also, it has another keiki and should I remove it or leave it on? You can see the keiki growing in the larger pot and the smaller pot is one I took off this Fall and its doing well. Your thoughts are greatly appreciated.

Your pot is on the large size for your vanda, but I think you should just leave it be and let it grow bigger. Vandas require repotting when the media has broken down and does not sustain its growth, or when the plant has grown so tall that it requires staking.

As a rule of thumb, the keiki can be removed when it has grown 2-3 mature roots. Ive a Vanda mimi palmer which grew a keiki but I didn't bother to remove it from the parent, and now both keiki and parent are blooming in the same pot! So i think you can leave the keiki on the parent for the time being, unless you are giving the keiki away.

I bought my fertilizers from my local garden supply store or nursery.

Are those sunburn marks on the leaves?

denvervet · #22 02-06-2014, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by braveall

Your pot is on the large size for your vanda, but I think you should just leave it be and let it grow bigger. Vandas require repotting when the media has broken down and does not sustain its growth, or when the plant has grown so tall that it requires staking.

As a rule of thumb, the keiki can be removed when it has grown 2-3 mature roots. Ive a Vanda mimi palmer which grew a keiki but I didn't bother to remove it from the parent, and now both keiki and parent are blooming in the same pot! So i think you can leave the keiki on the parent for the time being, unless you are giving the keiki away.

I bought my fertilizers from my local garden supply store or nursery.

Are those sunburn marks on the leaves?

Yes, they are sunburn marks, I didn't have them behind a sheer at the time and they got burned quickly. Someone had explained how sun is much more direct and hotter here being a mile high so I put the sheer up, I don't like curtains of any kind but gave in to save my orchids. It's so dusty here due to the dessert that curtains just collect dirt and dust. I took a keiki off of this orchid a while back, it had bloomed along with the mother orchid last year. I might just leave this one on but not sure yet. I have a 14 year old girl who is my friends daughter and she seems very serious about orchids, if she takes care of some I am about to give her I would like to give her a vanda also. We'll see.