#GVOS2020 - Vanda denisoniana ‘Dark Chocolate Star’

This vanda took a few months to settle into my environment. However, once it did, it now blooms 3x a year, with double spikes. This footage is of late winter / early spring March 2020, and the blooms are a burgundy red, like a nouveaux beaujolais. The warmer season blooms open more of a brown / copper color. They are fragrant, but a little off putting; if you imagine the fragrance of fading blooms in a vase, not the water the actual blooms... the hint of the fresh fragrance is still evident, but it there is a note of fragrance 'going over'. They last over 2 months. In addition, this vanda is also maturing a seedpod. Summer 2019, I pollinated it with one of my other vandas, a lamelata x cristata cross. I aim to harvest the seedpod in September of this year (2020).
#Vandadenisoniana #Orchids #Vandas #Orchideen #Orquideas
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Instagram: @ninja_orchids
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My environment:
Mediterranean climate, hot summers and mild winters
45% - 85% humidity, with regular airflow
Summer temperature range: 20ºC-35ºC
Winter temperature range, exterior: 5ºC-20ºC
Winter temperature range, interior: 16ºC-23ºC
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Music: Apex - Aakash Gandhi
Intro / Altro Image: Bodum.westernscandinavia.org
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Orchid growing supplies:
Pots Outer Mask: Artevasi Pots
Inner Pot: TeraPlast
Media: Siro Leca, Lava Rock 2cm-4cm,
Besgrow Sphagnum Moss, Perlite,
Seramis
Water: Reverse Osmosis
Fertilizer: MSU, CalMag, Mg, KelpMax, Silicone
General PPM: 300 Summer, or in active growth
150 Winter, RO Water and KelpMax only
General PH: 5.8 / 6.0
Hygrometer: BADLR Wireless with Exterior Sensor
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My equipment:
Camera: DJI Osmo Pocket
Mic: Saramonic, SR-XM1
Phone Holder: PGYTECH, DJI Osmo
Pocket Computer: MacBook Air
Editing Software: iMovie