Vanda coerulea

[zainal abidin]

My new acquisition recently and cant take any credit, finally I managed to get one of the well tessellated coerulea I'm really enjoyed it with huge flower.

[JDT]

Wow that bloom looks huge! Love the markings!!

[zainal abidin]

Wow that bloom looks huge! Love the markings!!

Absolutely Jack is a big flower thanks.

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Love it!

Thanks Ray, glad that you like it.

---------- Post Merged at 09:31 PM ----------

Fabulous Vanda!

Yup....thanks Chris.

---------- Post Merged at 09:33 PM ----------

Always a favourite.
But are you not a bit warm for this one Zain ? You may have to water with ice cubes in the watering can to see it flower again.

He can acclimatize under the new atmosphere and based on my experience this is the only highland Vanda can flower in my garden thanks Geoff.

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Vanda coerulea can grow in warm condition (not hot) and Zain has a cool room now.
Mine have no markings, hopefully I will be able to rebloom it when raining season come.

I have a few but the marking are very poor I'm glad got the above one, Azizan expose the plant with bright light if you are very lucky you will get very positive result.

---------- Post Merged at 09:37 PM ----------

That is one big flower! Lovely Zain!

Thanks Sheryl is really a good one in term of size and markings.

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[QUOTE=Dorsetman;457449]

Vanda coerulea can grow in warm condition (not hot) e.[/
One often reads about particular species growing at a certain range of altitudes etc, and I have always wondered whether they were locally adapted: so if I find species X growing at 2000 meters altitude, and then take it up to 2500 meters - these both being in the reported range, will that moved plant continue to grow and thrive ? If so they really are adaptable.
Since they grow and thrive in our conditions, and between us we must cover a very large range, I think they are extremely adaptable.
Except for the ones we find difficult.... They are the ones which are not adaptable !

I agree with you one of the vanda species that can adapted very well and flowering too. I have few from the jungle and all flowered in respond to bright light during the hot season but one issue in lowland he refusing to produce basal keiki, it's wonderful species Geoff.

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It's a beauty, Zain.

Thanks Robb.

[raybark]

Love it!

[Chris in Hamilton]

Fabulous Vanda!

[Dorsetman]

Always a favourite.
But are you not a bit warm for this one Zain ? You may have to water with ice cubes in the watering can to see it flower again.

[Azizan]

Always a favourite.
But are you not a bit warm for this one Zain ? You may have to water with ice cubes in the watering can to see it flower again.

Vanda coerulea can grow in warm condition (not hot) and Zain has a cool room now.
Mine have no markings, hopefully I will be able to rebloom it when raining season come.

[Dorsetman]

[QUOTE=Azizan;457430]Vanda coerulea can grow in warm condition (not hot) e.[/
One often reads about particular species growing at a certain range of altitudes etc, and I have always wondered whether they were locally adapted: so if I find species X growing at 2000 meters altitude, and then take it up to 2500 meters - these both being in the reported range, will that moved plant continue to grow and thrive ? If so they really are adaptable.
Since they grow and thrive in our conditions, and between us we must cover a very large range, I think they are extremely adaptable.
Except for the ones we find difficult.... They are the ones which are not adaptable !

[Azizan]

One often reads about particular species growing at a certain range of altitudes etc, and I have always wondered whether they were locally adapted: so if I find species X growing at 2000 meters altitude, and then take it up to 2500 meters - these both being in the reported range, will that moved plant continue to grow and thrive ? If so they really are adaptable.
Since they grow and thrive in our conditions, and between us we must cover a very large range, I think they are extremely adaptable.
Except for the ones we find difficult.... They are the ones which are not adaptable !

Agreed. I also always have a thought that those that grown from flask are more adaptable than those collected from the natural habitat.

[Dorsetman]

Agreed. I also always have a thought that those that grown from flask are more adaptable than those collected from the natural habitat.

Another interesting thing about the differences between naturally grown plants in the wild and cultivated ones, is that meristem tissue plants seem to mature so much faster than seed raised plants. Because the meristem in the mature plant , from which the tissue was taken, is that much more mature ? But how ? It's just a growing point of unspecialised cells - stem cells. So much we don't know......