The legendary Vanda Karina Motes—the cutting edge and highly desired cross—is now available.
The most frequently asked question we have received over the past decade is: when will we be able to get our own Vanda Karina Motes?
The answer is: today.
We are opening a small window to acquire the chance at a hybrid from the cross known as "the black vanda," with a guaranteed opportunity to purchase a future mericlone of the darkest vandas we create.
Please read this entire listing carefully to fully understand what you are receiving now and what you are getting as a future option.
What is available today and what is the timeline for Vanda Karina Motes and future dark vandas?
We believe in complete transparency with our collectors. The following details explain as clearly as possible what you will get with your purchase. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to email and we will add answers below.
Immediate Gratification: Your single or five Vanda Karina Motes unbloomed plants from seed and (if selected) 8 X-Series plants are mature (will bloom in 2026) and ready to ship immediately, weather permitting.
Vanda Karina Motes plants are unbloomed—not divisions, these are never before bloomed plants.* This is a genuine luck of the draw situation. Having bloomed out hundreds of this hybrid, we expect between one fifth to a quarter of these plants to be extremely dark. The other plants will feature purple flowers of varying shades, mostly with strong tessellation.
The Mericlone Timeline: Creating the "IT" vanda takes time. Lab-created mericlones (redeemable with your certificates) are in production. Public pre-orders will open in approximately one year, with delivery of near-mature plants estimated in 4 to 5 years. Quantities will be limited.
Right to Buy Certificates give you the right to be the first to reserve Vanda Karina Motes mericlones and lock in a guaranteed $80 price for mericlones. When public pre-orders open next year, the market price may be significantly higher, with fewer plants available. You are securing your position and price today, years ahead of the crowd. Only five hundred right to buy certificates will be issued. These numbered and signed certificates can be transferred under certain conditions..*
Instantly diversify your bench with 8 mature, bloom-ready, award-line Vandas when you choose the Ultimate Black Vanda collection. Each of these hybrids also has potential for extremely dark results, however, it is less common than in Vanda Karina Motes.
Receive special updates on our mericloning program and be first to have the opportunity to purchase all of our forthcoming mericlones, including Vanda Karina Motes, the highly coveted X-12 (no, its not a Karina Motes), and our next next generation black vandas.
Please note that the plants will ship bare root and may have cut marks at the base, this is due to standard checks for root disease, but each plant is guaranteed to be a unique, never before bloomed plant grown from seed.)
The Right to Buy Certificate Explained.
The Certificate is a guarantee and an asset. Plants grown from seed are necessarily variable. Dark flowered vandas are elusive. The only way we can guarantee you a dark vanda is through mericloning, which has taken longer than we would like. Based on our production projections, we are limiting the total number of certificates available to 500 worldwide this Black Friday season. This will guarantee purchasers to get an opportunity to have one of the first batches of mericlones. Because the certificate is freely transferable and guarantees a low price on a more expensive future release, the certificate itself holds significant value. You can keep all of your certificates, or sell/gift them to other collectors in the future.
You must inform Motes Orchids of any transferee’s acquired rights by email copy to info@motesorchids.com copying the new rights holder. The right to buy certificates have no cash value and are not redeemable in the event that Motes Orchids is unable to produce mericlones for whatever reason including but not limited to natural disasters, laboratory failures, etc.)
The legendary Vanda Karina Motes—the cutting edge and highly desired cross—is now available.
The most frequently asked question we have received over the past decade is: when will we be able to get our own Vanda Karina Motes?
The answer is: today.
We are opening a small window to acquire the chance at a hybrid from the cross known as "the black vanda," with a guaranteed opportunity to purchase a future mericlone of the darkest vandas we create.
Please read this entire listing carefully to fully understand what you are receiving now and what you are getting as a future option.
What is available today and what is the timeline for Vanda Karina Motes and future dark vandas?
We believe in complete transparency with our collectors. The following details explain as clearly as possible what you will get with your purchase. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to email and we will add answers below.
Immediate Gratification: Your single or five Vanda Karina Motes unbloomed plants from seed and (if selected) 8 X-Series plants are mature (will bloom in 2026) and ready to ship immediately, weather permitting.
Vanda Karina Motes plants are unbloomed—not divisions, these are never before bloomed plants.* This is a genuine luck of the draw situation. Having bloomed out hundreds of this hybrid, we expect between one fifth to a quarter of these plants to be extremely dark. The other plants will feature purple flowers of varying shades, mostly with strong tessellation.
The Mericlone Timeline: Creating the "IT" vanda takes time. Lab-created mericlones (redeemable with your certificates) are in production. Public pre-orders will open in approximately one year, with delivery of near-mature plants estimated in 4 to 5 years. Quantities will be limited.
Right to Buy Certificates give you the right to be the first to reserve Vanda Karina Motes mericlones and lock in a guaranteed $80 price for mericlones. When public pre-orders open next year, the market price may be significantly higher, with fewer plants available. You are securing your position and price today, years ahead of the crowd. Only five hundred right to buy certificates will be issued. These numbered and signed certificates can be transferred under certain conditions..*
Instantly diversify your bench with 8 mature, bloom-ready, award-line Vandas when you choose the Ultimate Black Vanda collection. Each of these hybrids also has potential for extremely dark results, however, it is less common than in Vanda Karina Motes.
Receive special updates on our mericloning program and be first to have the opportunity to purchase all of our forthcoming mericlones, including Vanda Karina Motes, the highly coveted X-12 (no, its not a Karina Motes), and our next next generation black vandas.
Please note that the plants will ship bare root and may have cut marks at the base, this is due to standard checks for root disease, but each plant is guaranteed to be a unique, never before bloomed plant grown from seed.)
The Right to Buy Certificate Explained.
The Certificate is a guarantee and an asset. Plants grown from seed are necessarily variable. Dark flowered vandas are elusive. The only way we can guarantee you a dark vanda is through mericloning, which has taken longer than we would like. Based on our production projections, we are limiting the total number of certificates available to 500 worldwide this Black Friday season. This will guarantee purchasers to get an opportunity to have one of the first batches of mericlones. Because the certificate is freely transferable and guarantees a low price on a more expensive future release, the certificate itself holds significant value. You can keep all of your certificates, or sell/gift them to other collectors in the future.
You must inform Motes Orchids of any transferee’s acquired rights by email copy to info@motesorchids.com copying the new rights holder. The right to buy certificates have no cash value and are not redeemable in the event that Motes Orchids is unable to produce mericlones for whatever reason including but not limited to natural disasters, laboratory failures, etc.)
