Can you see it better now?

[chefatplay]

This little species vanda is turning out to be a vixen to photo. Shy little thing. The flowers are droopy and it seems to get darker in the sun and lighter in the shade. It is so little, I'm afraid of breaking it. I hope you can help idenitfy it for me. V. tessallata or V. brunnea.

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[fred]

very nice chefatplay

hehe they seem to take longer when waiting for the flower buds to open fully

but well worth the wait with photos like yours

very nice

[chefatplay]

Kevin, Anton, can anybody identify this? I'm feeling left out..........

[sandra]

I'm just here to tell you that YOU are not left out Ellen.

Wish I had the answer for you but sadly, I don't. One of the gurus will chime in, hopefully soon.

P.S. It's beautiful!

[brookn]

it is beautiful sadly i know nothing about them.

[Vivienne]

Ellen - I still haven't figured out what time it is here and what time it is there. I think Kevin is usually doing his posting when I'm heading to bed, or so it seems. Sometimes I can catch them on early in the morning.

I know they'll be along with just the answer you're looking for.

[chefatplay]

Thanks everyone. I will try to be patient. I'm not even really happy with the pictures. Most of the time, it is lighter than that. The strong sun seems to have changed the color. It reminds me of your comment Vivienne about the special lighting to accentuate color at the competition.

I will be patient, I will be patient, I will be patient, I will be patient....

[Vivienne]

too true Ellen. That could be it. I tell you - it was amazing, astounding even, to see the color change.

[kmarch]

What colour is the lip? In some it looks white but in others it appears to have a pinkish or bluish tint.

At this point I'm slightly leaning in the direction of aprimary hybid, but need more info. How big are the flowers (measurements)? Just a verticlal and horizontal natural spread will be enough.

[chefatplay]

The lip is the lightest color lavendar. The measurements are 1.5" vertical and 1 5/8" horizontal. The entire plant itself it very small, about 8, 9 inches across from leaf tip to leaf tip. The entire plant including the stalk is about 12 inches tall. Cute little baby.

I hope this helps you, Kevin. For some reason, the suspense is killing me. I guess it's because the grower was anxious for me to bring it back if it was a tessalata, and having five color chances. I'll put the tag pic here again for your review.

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[kmarch]

So did the seller just put every name that was a possibility on the tag?

[chefatplay]

He told me it was a species and he didn't know what color it would come out to be. He said it could be any of those colors.

[kmarch]

Hmmm...

Does anyone out there have either the Fitch or the Moted books on Vandas?

[prisana]

Ellen,
I did a yahoo search for vanda species pictures and 2 pics look just like your flowers, it's called V. bensoneae. My vandas took almost a week to achieve their true color and form so you may have a few days to go to get the color it's supposed to be...here's a link to that website..

www.orchidsonline.com.au/interative/node/2395

Goodluck !!

[arleneg]

Ellen,

I hope comparing these two photos will help i.d. your vanda.

Vanda tesselata
Vanda bensonii

I strongly believe it's the latter.

[matucana]

Hi Ellen,

I vote for V. bensonii too, with a rather light lip. Just google for photos...

[chefatplay]

I vote for the bensonii also. Thank you so much for the help. Such a relief to know what it is. At least looking at the two pictures, I can see why I was confused. (Don't tell anyone, but I stay that way, hehehehe!)

Boy do I appreciate your help. Yoo Raaahhh! I have a species V. bonsanii!

This drink is to all of you who helped. Thank you, Geeks everywhere!

[fred]

chefatplay congrats with getting that name sorted

now its off to the orchid doctor you go