{"id":47453,"date":"2024-12-12T15:03:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T23:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=47453"},"modified":"2024-12-21T11:43:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T19:43:37","slug":"this-vanda-orchid-is-a-flower-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/12\/this-vanda-orchid-is-a-flower-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"This Vanda Orchid Is a Flower Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This Vanda<\/a> is a flower machine. It keeps blooming, and it’s grown well enough to need a bigger vase. I blogged before about the handy Vanda trick I use.<\/a> These orchids are normally kept mounted, in baskets<\/a>, or bare root. Those methods can be challenging for home growers outside the tropics. They’re much easier to care for in a vase. This hybrid<\/a> reliably blooms twice a year, boasting showy, purple blossoms for three months at a time.<\/p>\n

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Each flower is big and round, but not flat, with a dark lip<\/a> sticking out of all that purple. When I moved the plant to the larger vase, I worked as many of its thick roots<\/a> as I could inside the glass. They hold the plant in place, and counterbalance the big flower spikes.<\/p>\n

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Watering<\/a> is done by regularly filling the vase, and letting the plant soak for a few minutes. Then pour out most of the water, leaving a shallow layer at the bottom to keep humidity high<\/a> around the roots and leaves. It’s easy to fertilize weakly, weekly<\/a>. I try to keep the roots clean of moss and algae. With warm days and morning sun<\/a>, it’s relatively easy to enjoy lush, tropical orchids. With these growing tips, you may be able to have your own flower machine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Vanda is a flower machine. It keeps blooming, and it’s grown well enough to need a bigger vase. I blogged before about the handy Vanda trick I use. These orchids are normally kept mounted, in baskets, or bare root. Those methods can be challenging for home growers outside the tropics. They’re much easier to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,16,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-growing","category-photos","category-warm-growers","category-watering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47453"}],"version-history":[{"count":65,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47531,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47453\/revisions\/47531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}