Vanda merrillii Ames & Quisumb. 1932 SECTION Deltoglossa
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Photos by Peter O'Byrne, courtesy ofDr. E.F. de Vogel Andre Schuiteman and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website. and Flora Malesiana Vol III
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Common Name Merrill's Vanda [American Botanist in the Philippines late 1800's and early 1900's]
Flower Size 1 1/2 to 2" [4 to 5 cm]
Found in the Philippines on the island of Luzon at elevations around 500 meters as a large sized, hot to warm growing, monopodial epiphyte with an elongated stem carrying several, linear-oblong, recurved leaves that blooms on an axillary, horizontal to ascending, 10" [25 cm] long, several to many [10 to 15] flowered inflorescence with spicily fragrant, fleshy, waxy, glossy, long-lasting flowers occuring in the spring.
Synonyms Vanda merrillii var immaculata Ames & Quism, 1933; Vanda merrillii var rotorii Ames & Quism. 1933
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; The Complete Writings on Philippine Orchids Quisumbing 1981 drawing/photo fide; The Complete Writings on Philippine Orchids Vol 1 Quisumbing 1981 as V merrillii var immaculata drawing/photo fide; The Complete Writings on Philippine Orchids Vol 1 Quisumbing 1981 as V merrillii var rotorii drawing/photo fide; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; 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 70 No 5 2001 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 70 No 5 2001 as V merrillii var rotorii photo fide; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 8 2003 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 8 2003 as V merrillii var rotorii photo fide; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 1 2006 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 78 #4 2009 photo fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 83 #4 2014 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #4 2016 asz V merrillii var rotorii photo fide;
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