Vanda care guide

Vanda plants are a type of orchid, obviously known for their flowers but also, Vanda are often being hung with their aerial roots going wild which is also what they´re known for,

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WATERING:

Water them about 2-3 times a week because it is usually grown in bark, which dries out fast. If you have it growing in soil, water once a week.

A nice trick with orchids to remember:

-Silver roots = thirsty

-Green roots = healthy

-Brown/black roots = rot; cut it off

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LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:

Vanda do best in bright, indirect light, but becasuse of their quite thick leaves, it doesn´t mind getting a couple hours of full sun.

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PROPAGATION:

There are 2 most effective ways to propagate your Vanda or any type of orchid; if the plant gets too long, snap it in half, remove  4 of 6 lower leaves, put in water or moss to root further and later pot it up in the medium you grow it in. The 2nd way is via Keiki. ´´Keiki´´ is Hawaiian for ´´Baby´´ or ´´Child´´, and in plants the term ´´Keiki´´ is used for plant pups or in this case, little baby orchids randomly growing from the flower stalk which you can pluck off and grow yourself.

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MEDIUMS:

Vandas prefer to be potted in something that drains really well and mimicks its natural growth/ You can use things like bark chips, sphagnum moss, or perlite. The key is to make sure their roots are aerated (gets plenty of air) so they don't get soggy

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TRICK TO GET ORCHID FLOWERS:

Now all orchids are beautiful plants even without flowers, but we all do want them to flower. What worked for me, is to drop your temperature of the room that the orchid is in every night drastically. Like, from 20°C (68°F) to 14°C (57.2°F).

I know that that trick sounds crazy, but this really works! I found that out because in the winter, i only turn the heater on in my room when i´m inside which is a few times a day, but then i left my window slighly open for like a week and the temperature dropped really low when i checked each morning, and that kind of shock triggerd my Phalaenopsis to bloom. I didn´t even believe my own theory at first, but after searching about it on Ecosia, turns out this is a real method that works for pretty much all orchids! I have a picture of the exact Phalaenopsis flower from November 2025 that made me realize this at the top of this page, at the banner.