Vanda ampullacea alba in bloom

[ksriramkumar]

Vanda ampullacea alba in bloom. Very nice form I should say

[JDT]

I would agree with you Sriram, nicely done!

[Chris in Hamilton]

Gorgeous! White as white can be!

[Sheryl]

Very nice form!

[zainal abidin]

Wow is a very nice clone Sriram congrats.

[Traci]

Sriram very nice. Do you find that alba forms take less sun than regular forms? I ask because I just purchased a NOID large vanda in bloom that seems to be an alba or semi alba. The leaves are lighter in color than most vandas I have seen. Not sure if it requires more shade than regular forms.

[ksriramkumar]

No not really. I give almost same conditions to both of them.

[Arne]

I didn't see this post until today. It is very nice especially since the column is so constrasting. It little bit more red and it would have been a large-flowered Aerangis luteo-alba var. rhodosticta.

[ksriramkumar]

Yes. This alba one is very interesting. I always thought Alba ones are fragile DNA but there are a few exceptions. This one would be in that list

[Arne]

Albas might be weak in nature because of the competition with its colored friends for pollinators but there is nothing that prevents them to be strong in cultivation. My white form of Broughtonia sanguinea is a much stronger plant than my red-flowered plant. Actually it is the strongest Broughtonia I've ever seen.