Vanda subconcolor Tang & F.T.Wang 1974 SECTION Longicalcarata Christenson
Photo by © Lanhua and the Rvo Orchidtalk Website
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Common Name The Almost One-Colored Vanda - In China Chun Se Wan Dai Lan
Flower Size 1.6 to 2" [4 to 5 cm]
Found in Hainan and southwestern Yunnan provinces of China on tree trunks in sparse woods at elevations of 600 to 1000 meters as a small sized, warm growing epiphtye with a stem carrying many, disitchous, slightly fleshy, lorate, 2 to 3 toothed apically, conduplicate towards the amplexicaul, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the late winter and early spring on an axillary, arching, to 7" [17.5 cm] long, racemose, 3 to 6 flowered inflorescence carrying thick textured flowers
Synonyms Vanda subconcolor var. disticha Tang & F.T.Wang 1974
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen lieferung 19/20 Schlechter/Brieger 1988; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Atlas of Wild Orchids in Hainan Island, China Shenyan and Junmei 2010 photo fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos ok; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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