Vanda Gordon Dillon 'Pink' 8n ?

[Dorsetman]

I showed another clone of this grex a month ago - Gordon Dillon Pink. I think that wa a "normal" tetraploid form , or 4n.
This one, I am sure has been subject to chromosome doubling , maybe making an octoploid. The flowers are a massive 14 cm ( the largest of them) and of tremendous substance ( thickness, waxiness). I have flowered several like this recently - Garnet Beauty, and so on . I'm not sure that I like them that much - the G.D "Pink" I showed last month has more natural beauty and grace - IMHO. But dealers don't as a rule, tell you what happened to the seeds on their way to the flask, .
Of course the plant is quite big in other respects too , new roots , when the plant grows strongly are nearly as thick as my little oinger ; the flower count looks likely to be 10 , if all the buds make it.And they do last a long time too - although all vandas do, more or less - I still have the species lamellata v boxallii in full flower , and not too badly faded , and that was out at Christmas !