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Thread: Vanda Manuvadee "Pramate' and Vanda Tokyo Blue 'Sapphire' AM/AOS

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    Default Vanda Manuvadee "Pramate' and Vanda Tokyo Blue 'Sapphire' AM/AOS

    I got this seedlings on friday, i was told that it was going to take at leas 4 years for them too bloom maybe 5, i dont know what i was thinking when i got them but now i have them and have to watch them grow. How often should i water them and how much light do they need, any other tips you guys have?
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    Give them bright light... keep them away from direct sun until they are big enough. If
    you've got them mounted or barerooted I would water it daily.

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    Should i let them dry out between watering or should i keep them moist or let them get slightly dry but not dry

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    Seeing that they are still seedlings Randy's advice on light requirements sound just right. I can't help you with the watering though as our growing conditions here are very different. Here it's twice a day.

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    Seeing that they are potted in some kind of bark mixture I think daily watering may be too much for these babies.... Id say I would water it just as the media is approaching dryness. But I'd wait for someone who has a similar condition as yours to chime in.

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    Your humidity levels in are, what? maybe 10% during the winter? These guys like it MUCH higher than that. do you have a cool mist vaporizer, or a humidifier?

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    during the summer i'm able to keep the humidity around 70-80 but now it down to 50%-60% but most of the time it stay at 60%

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    yes i have cool mist humidifier and all of the orchids are sitting on humidity trays, i water the vandas twice a day and i mist them once, sometimes twice a day but they are bare root

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    This is going to be exciting to watch their growth span.why dont you make a journal or diary and photos of their progress at different stages.

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    those look like very healthy seedlings. i have recently tried out a few seedling sized orchids, a few vanda types even, and have them potted similarly, or in small treefern pots. now that it is warm out, i mist the roots every morning, but still water twice a week, they are outside in bright shade. seedlings really don't have much of a water reserve to rely on, so the misting every morning with a spray bottle is really helping. after it cools down, and they start to get established they won't get misted so much.

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