Vanda Wong Poh Nee

[Horus]

Hello all, havent been here in a looooong time jejeje....I've had this vanda for some time now and this is its first blooming. I would like to know who could it be, some say that its Vanda JVB or Vanda TMA or some cross of JVB and I say that its Vanda Wong Poh Nee because of its lip but I really would like to know.

Thank you All

[ksriramkumar]

Wow. Love this vanda. Lip looks stunning.

[Wade's Orchids]

No idea what it is, but it appears to be semi-terete and (just a guess) it might have V. tesselata in it. It's a nice hybrid. A lot of this kind of thing end up with the petals not presented flat like that. Good luck on the identification.

[catttan]

The lip, the overall colour and form of the blooms and the semi-terete plant itself all point to it being a V Josephine van Brero hybrid. There are literally thousands of plants and scores of hybrids that look like this growing in gardens and orchid collections in S E Asia. JVB has been crossed with numerous vandas and ascocendas to produce similar looking hybrids. It would be near impossible to to ID it with any certainty.

[Yug]

Could be V. Wong Poh Nee. I've seen some that were reddish, yellowish, and a dull purple-brown (mine is like this). All have a lip shaped like yours, but the colors vary (mine is purple), and all are reported to have a strong sweet scent, especially in the morning.

Look at the photos, one is yellow, one red, and mine is a brownish purple.

[catttan]

Yug, your 3 JVB (?) crosses are beautiful and have roused my curiosity. The name seems very Malaysian Chinese ( could this be V Wong Pow Nee - named after the first Chief Minister after independence (1957 - 1969) of our Penang State. By the way I could not find the name V Wong Poh Nee or V Wong Pow Nee in the RHS register. I could be wrong but your vandas seem to be hybrids made from V Mimi Palmer ( V Tan Chay Yan x tessellata ) . This could account for the variations in colour and that distinctive scent.

[Yug]

Oh, only the last one (purple lip) is mine. I don't know when the cross was made, where, by whom, if registered, or why named that. I do think it is a V. JVB x V. tessellata.

[ladyd]

Beautiful Vanda! How long have you had it and how long before it flowered?

[catttan]

Oh, only the last one (purple lip) is mine. I don't know when the cross was made, where, by whom, if registered, or why named that. I do think it is a V. JVB x V. tessellata.

After checking the International Orchid Register under Papilionanda you are correct this is a JVB x tessellata and is named Wong Poh Nee.

[Yug]

Beautiful Vanda! How long have you had it and how long before it flowered?

I bought it in bloom about 9 months ago, divided it into 3 pieces, two have re-bloomed, and one is currently spiking a 2nd time. Leaves are long semi-terete, and one is in full sun (the one putting up a 2nd bloom), and the other one is under 30% shade with most of my other vandas. Generally, the only ones I like to put in full sun are terete (papilionanthe) or semi-terete. My V. JVB is in full sun.