Vanda/Neofinetia richardsiana x self #5154 (approximately 25 seedlings per flask).

The Species: A Chinese species first described in 1996 by Eric Christenson. Related to the well known Neofinetia falcata, this is not a frequently encountered species.  It has been moved into Vanda, though I'm having trouble making the adjustment.

Culture: I grow this with an intermediate to warm summer and a cool, drier winter. Unlike Neofinetia falcata this species does not do well potted in moss. I have grown them mounted and they have done well. In the summer the plants are watered daily and dry quickly. In the winter, the plants are grown brighter and get an occasional watering and misting in between waterings with cooler temperature. They are growing in the same conditions as some Mexican species such as Barkeria, Laelia speciosa and Prosthechea citrina/karwinskii and also Himalayan dendrobiums such as Den. jenkinsii.

Vanda / Neofinetia richardsiana. I do not have images of the parent, but these are from the same source in China and show the flower and habit very well.