Please help with new vanda

[BobInBonita]

Unless it was frozen, a few days in the dark and dry won't hurt it.

What you do now depends completely on your growing conditions - especially light and humidity, but also temperature.

Check the Vanda forum and the culture sheet for detailed info.

I do not use any medium at all with my Vanda alliance orchids, but grow in wooden slat baskets. They really don't like their roots damp at all. Mine like to get soaked by a mist and then dry thoroughly.

Other growers in drier climates grow them successfully in empty vases. It seems that the vase just acts a s a humidity chamber. Again check the Vanda section.

My impression of Washington State is that you have high humidity, but might have trouble with light.