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Now for something really different. this is a hybrid orchid. one of the phalaenopsis you used in the store all of the time and with the big blooms and a panda orchid that you don't see. they are really different pants and they take opposite culture. a Phal likes its roots to dry out between watering and doesn't to not need a huge amount of light. where a vanda likes bight light and loves high humidity on its dangly roots. they love it outside in florida and often don't need any care. so this guy has been tricky. we grow him in a jar like a panda to keep the humidity up  and lost f light. but I think he wants less water and once I stopped soaking him for 8 hours twice a week like the panda he bloomed. orchids only bloom when they are happy. so below is a pic of the little guy maybe 5 years old and a vanda we have to give you an idea of the difference between the two. it looks morel like the vanda but the flower is more like a Phal.  Phals need a big drop in temp for a couple of weeks to bloom like when going from fall to winter. but this is summer.

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