Ascovandoritis (Doritis pulcherrima x Ascocenda pralor)

[Cjcorner]

Ascovandoritis Prapin. The color is wonderful.

Thank You for the name update! I had looked and could not find the name. I really need to get my orchidwiz program one of these days.

[Cjcorner]

Oh, that's GORGEOUS!!! I've long wanted a Doritis/Vandaceous cross...I find the flower forms to be just beautiful, and I imagine the Doritis influence would make it a bit more free flowering than just a straight Vandaceous variety. Although seeing that I haven't actually flowered any of my Vandaceous orchids yet, this could just be a bit of biased guessing on my part...

I hope you are right about the free flowering. It has one spike per growth right now... I hope I can get the care right. I'm not sure what to do exactly since one likes shade and one likes sun. lol Someone suggested putting it in a tree fern pot. What does everyone have theirs growing in?

[OrchidAddict]

I hope you are right about the free flowering. It has one spike per growth right now... I hope I can get the care right. I'm not sure what to do exactly since one likes shade and one likes sun. lol Someone suggested putting it in a tree fern pot. What does everyone have theirs growing in?

Actually, from what I understand, Doritis generally like more sun and require a bit more of it to flower than straight Phals... (although now that they've been lumped together it just makes things more complicated...)... I have a Vandaenopsis plant that is happily growing in bark in a glazed pot. It's not quite blooming size yet, but it's growing like a weed, and the roots are quite happy in the bark. It's a straight Vanda/Phal primary cross I believe...I have to double check on that... but the name of it is Vandaenopsis "Newberry Whimsy." There wasn't a lot of culture info on it online besides, "Grow it like a Phal but with more sun." Erm, okay.

I think these Doritis/Phal/Vandaceous crosses are actually pretty tolerant of a variety of conditions. I've seen pics of people growing their Doritis/Ascocenda crosses happily in plastic nursery pots with bark. You'll have to experiment and see what works best for you! Make sure to report back!

[catttan]

Nice delicate colouring on this cross. The influence of the Doritis parent is very dominant here ; the orange red of Ascda Pralor seems to have disappeared completely from this cross.

[Teena]

stunning! - martha