Need advice to rescue vandas

[Lorraine]

Originally Posted by Acharn

Lorraine, thanks. These are the kind of tips I was hoping for. The comments from everyone else were a boost to my confidence, but the details are good to have. sugar water? I've never seen that mentioned, but I'll give it a try. Up until last week they were still attached to the dead base of the parent, at the bottom of a small, rectangular plastic pot. I thought they might respond well if I gave them room to grow in. It's really amazing to me that they aren't dead -- they weren't getting much water in the tangled brush where I had left them (well, it wasn't tangled brush when I hung them there, but stuff grows so fast here).

I spoke to my nephew this evening and he said he'll look for baskets for me. I remember when I was living in Phanat Nikhom thirty years ago I was able to get small wooden baskets at a garden supply shop -- Nakhorn Sawan is a much larger town, I should be able to find them here.

I found a website to show you how to make an orchid basket. I would totally try it if I was not able to buy them locally using hard wood. I have seen some here made with bamboo strips. Roots cover up mistakes for sure! how to make a wooden slat orchid basket