Anyone who knows me fairly well will tell you that they're fed up of pictures of blue Vandas, because I post them on twitter/facebook/instagram
all the time. I'm not trying to show off, it's just that they bloom really regularly for me. Have to say, the Vandas have been looking a bit sorry for themselves recently, party through lack of watering on my behalf. I grow them potted, and they do
fairly well. It seems to depend on the hybrid. Some take to it, some don't. However, Vanda 'blue magic' seems a good performer, and will put up with a surprising amount of abuse. So here's a picture to prove it.
Another quality photo, as you can see. In case you were wondering, I had just sprayed all the plants in the growroom, hence the wet flowers. The usual advice is to not spray flowers or leaf axils, but that very much depends on your growing conditions. My growroom never gets cold, and I spray while there is still a few hours of light left. There is also a fan running, so most water has evaporated before the night.
I'm so jealous! Mine has stopped growing and shows no sign of flowering after about nine months. Plenty of roots, but no sign of a flower yet.
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I have found with Vandas that they 'sulk' for quite a long time if they receive a check in their growth. For northern latitudes (i'm in the UK), that check is usually lack of light during winter. They sort of go semi-dormant for several weeks and stop growing. This doesn't damage the plant as such but it does mean it blooms much less often. I have sidestepped this problem by growing under lights, but I haven't worked out how to keep them growing through winter under natural light, alas.
For any Vanda, the usual cause of lack of blooms is lack of light.
Give your plant as much light as you possibly can, full sun up to March if you can manage it, this might help to wake it up.
Kev.