Janice, a few of my Vandas grow in my care since the ca. mid nineties, but I picked up a few somewhere 5, 6 years ago.
This is the one which started it all, Vanda David Gardner!! It was a beautiful gift ca 15 years ago and I grew it in the sunroom, carrying it every day into the bathroom to water. When it didn't fit through the door any longer, ( and the Orchid collection was starting to bust out of its seams) we looked seriously into getting a greenhouse.
Here is my gorgeous Vanda David Gardner in its brand new home in October 2001. In the meanwhile I have split the plant, one keiki didn't survive it, but I do have now 2 healthy David Gardner plants, both flower regularly.
Looking at the nice shape of the fairly flat flowers, I think this plant primed me to always look for pleasingly shaped and patterned vandaceous blooms. The close up shot is from 2007.
