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Aug 22, 2019 10:39 AM CST
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Name: Glenn Graham
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Anyone care to take a guess as to it's name ? Crossing Fingers!

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** Decided to Buy this Mystery Vanda ** Just too pretty
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Aug 22, 2019 1:36 PM CST
Name: Big Bill
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Unfortunately I have no idea. There are dozens and dozens of Vanda hybrids out there that produce purple flowers.
It could be a Dr. Anek, a Gordon Dillon or any number of things. It could be a hybrid of Gordon Dillon. It would be next to impossible to say with any degree of certainty. You could even find one or two that seem to be close but there is no way to be sure.
This is exactly why I don't buy plants without a tag. Even with a tag, it doesn't guarantee anything but it makes me more comfortable.
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Aug 22, 2019 2:15 PM CST
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Name: Glenn Graham
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Just a pretty Pale Lilac colored Vanda with the obvious V. sanderiana spots parentage. rather unusual. Drooling
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Aug 22, 2019 2:26 PM CST
Name: Big Bill
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Well Glenn in order to produce large Vanda flowers numbering 8-12 on a single inflorescence, breeders can only achieve that by using Vanda sanderiana.
They could not get there by using any other species of Vanda. Plus the tessellated dorsal and petals produced within the hybrids has always been attractive. The other trait of solid darker colors of the lateral sepals is just as important.
In today's judging standards, a Vanda would have a very slim chance of being awarded without those markings. They are not uncommon. It would be uncommon not to have them.
Orchid lecturer, teacher and judge. Retired Wildlife Biologist. Supervisor of a nature preserve up until I retired.
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Sep 3, 2019 9:46 PM CST
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Name: Glenn Graham
Memphis (Zone 7b)
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I "May" have found the above Vanda in another collection. Awaiting a reply from the YouTube uploader Crossing Fingers!

Sure looks like the Same hybrid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
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Sep 4, 2019 2:19 AM CST
Name: Big Bill
Livonia Michigan (Zone 6a)
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When you are trying to identify an unknown Vanda, looking for something of similar color is a start. But it is by no means accurate!

You plant has no name tag correct? You may get a name of a Vanda hybrid from the You tube video poster. The odds of it being the correct ID is very, very very remote. With these complex hybrids, take Vandas for example, color can be a function of temperature, fertilizer and light. A poorly grown Vanda hybrid AAA could look just like a fabulously grown Vanda Q 4476! Vanda Q 4476 has never looked this good while Vanda AAA has never flowered like this before!
Therefore to claim that Q 4476 is the same as Vanda AAA cannot be made! What do you do Glenn when you grow your Vanda Glenn and on its next blooming it flowers garnet red in color with darker raspberry red tessellations??? Your identification by color goes right out the ole window.
The best I feel that you can say is it MIGHT be this and that would be enough for you which is fine. It would never be enough for me.
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Sep 4, 2019 2:32 AM CST
Name: Big Bill
Livonia Michigan (Zone 6a)
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I took a look at recent Vanda awards posted in Orchids Magazine over the course of the last 3 years, there were no less than 4 awards that looked like your paler Purple/ lavender Vanda. Which one is yours? If any? We can't say.
If we had a tag we could work on name variations, miss spelled words, o's Instead of a's, m's instead of n's. And so on.
Take my two sons, Nicholas and Matthew. Both have brown hair, Matt's is straight like mine. Nicholas has wavy hair. We all have green eyes. Matthew has my exact body type, but he is 2" taller. Nicholas is more slender and 6' 2". You put me and Matt together and we look like father and son. Nicholas, not really as much. Obviously I know deep in my heart that they are mine but by your level of ID, Nicholas is not my son! You can't do that with people nor can you do it with Vanda flowers.
Orchid lecturer, teacher and judge. Retired Wildlife Biologist. Supervisor of a nature preserve up until I retired.
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Sep 4, 2019 7:41 AM CST
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Name: Glenn Graham
Memphis (Zone 7b)
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Thank You! Again Bill ! Point taken. Guess I'll just label her "Two-Toned Lavender"
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