Vanda Miss Joaquim

[sadie]

Thanks Molly Taco, Tmai and Wanda--hopefully mine will survive long enough to be the 7-9 foot monsters you are talking about. Thanks for all the tips.

[Grandma M]

9 feet tall You scare me.

I bought a Noriko Sumida 'Brandi Orchids' (simi terete) because I loved the color. I was unaware it was going to be so huge. When I bought it last Feb. it was already quite tall but it has grown a lot since then. I grow my vandas in my basement under Hid lights. If it gets much taller, it will need to go.. I hope it blooms at least once before it reaches that stage.

[Paulchristopher]

I've seen those online...I'd love to get a cutting or two myself. I'm glad you asked this question...now I'll know if I want the trouble or not.
Connie

I am trying to grow one myself... right now it is bare root just some Spanish moss..any help would be great... if I am doing this wrong I am very sorry...not sure how all this works..(posting)

[Dorsetman]

They use this as hedging at Singapore Botanic Gardens, and when the hedge needs atrim, they just stick the cut off pieces in the ground, snd they grow... i saw this when I first visited the gardens, very many years ago.I don’t think it would work here in UK ( joke )
The Miss Joaquim story is interesting too. There is argument as to whether she found this hybrid growing in her garden or actually made the hybrid herself. As to the latter, that was a very early date in the history of orchid hybridising, and some people doubt that she could have the knowledge.
And then others seemed to doub tthat she could have done it because she was a woman !
Attitudes to women have changed a lot in the intervening 100 plus years !

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They use this as hedging at Singapore Botanic Gardens, and when the hedge needs a trim, they just stick the cut off pieces in the ground, and they grow... i saw this when I first visited the gardens, very many years ago.I don’t think it would work here in UK ( joke )
The Miss Joaquim story is interesting too. There is argument as to whether she found this hybrid growing in her garden or actually made the hybrid herself. As to the latter, that was a very early date in the history of orchid hybridising, and some people doubt that she could have the knowledge.
And then others seemed to doubt that she could have done it because she was a woman !
Attitudes to women have changed a lot in the intervening 100 plus years !

[lakshman sisira kumara]

if possible try to keep some coconut shells around the plant base to increase humidity for stimulate blooming.

[Yug]

They do not like their growing area/media to dry out. Here where am they must have full sun to bloom.

[slowhand]

That is beautiful. I have a couple semi-teretes (JVB x Dr Anek) in baskets growing in full sun. I bought it as a cutting xxx with no roots. Within a year it had quite a few roots and grew to approx 18". It bloomed within 2 years and then I cut the top off (w 3 roots) approx 1.5 yrs ago and repotted. The stump/host plant split into 2 fast growing plants that are approx 24". Neither the top cutting nor the host has bloomed yet. Hoping...
slowhand