Vanda insignis Blume 1849
Photo by © Dian Rahardo Indonesia
Photo by Nik Fahmi
Photo by Eka Mulja Tjipta
Common Name The Grand Vanda
Flower Size 2.4" to 2.8" [6 to 7 cm]
Found in Malaysia and the Moluccas as a medium sized, hot to warm growing, monopodial epiphyte with suberect stems carrying linear-ligulate, recurved leaves that blooms in the summer on a pendant, to 7 1/4" [18 cm] long, sometimes branched, shorter to as long as the the leaves, few [8] flowered inflorescence carrying sweetly scented flowers.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 19/20 1129 - 1264 Brieger 1988; Orchid Digest Vol 61 #2 1997 photo fide; Vandas Motes 1997 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 8 2003 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 # 12 2006 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 72 No 3 2008 photo fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide
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