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Vanda Stephen Scott Young
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With Arne's help, I've put this togehter as an introduction to our relatively new orchid, Vanda Stephen Scott Young, which is a primary hybrid between Vanda tessellata and Vanda testacea. Our Vanda testacea was featured in this blog on July 9th. This hybrid was made quite recently and registered as late as 2015. Vanda testacea has generally intensely yellow flowers with a blue-purple lip whereas tessellate is very variable in color from very dark brown to light yellow.
The tessellata selected for the cross was bright yellow, hence the very brightly yellow offspring. A drawback that this hybrid shares with testacea is the tendency to get pollinated by ants. Before you know it, the ants have been there and the lip loses its blue color and the whole flower wilts very soon after that. The cross was named after the artist Stephen Scott Young.
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| A) Seven flowers in bloom, July 29th. |
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| B) Our Vanda Stephen Scott Young in early April. |
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| C) Gorgeous roots! |
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| D) Flower buds opening in June. |
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| E) At least three of the buds were opening. |
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| F) A close up. |
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| G) The entire plant, simply hanging outside. I really love the gigantic roots. |
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| H) Today, August 5th, sadly some of the flowers have wilted. Possibly pollinated by ants. |
As usual, I hope you have enjoyed the photos for this post. Until next time, have a good week everyone!
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