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Figure: Vanda wightii Rchb.f. A. Plant adopted on the host Psidium guajava. B. Even plant
adopted to the host Hibiscus rosa-sinesis. C. Potting mixture (bricks, charcoal, coco pit). D.

Epiphtic root full attached to Psidium guajava. E. Adopted plant bloomed after 1.5 years. F.
Plant got fruited in ex-situ conservation.rare and need to conserve it. We have not collected a

healthy orchid, but the orchid collected by us is dying due to termite over the bark of host and

falling off from the host. So we collected that and conserved them.
The collected orchid is conserved in two states, as the pictures (Figure. 1) shown, we

tied it to the host tree (Psidium guajava and Hibiscus rosa-sinesis) and some of them grown in
pots with help of growing supplements known of red bricks, charcoal and coco peat for

increase in moisture holding capacity. sometimes chance to dry up itself and also some high
much of watering can causes the decay by algal attack. Therefore, the orchids are carefully

maintained under the controlled environment (orchids grown under original climatic

conditions, or else we can say, based on studies of their native conditions) called ecological

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