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Vanda caerulescens is an orchid species identified by Lindl. in 1857. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Vanda coerulescens.
ORIGIN: This monopodial species comes from Assam India, eastern Himalayas, Yunnan China, Myanmar and Thailand as a small sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte at elevations of 300 to 1200 meters.
DESCRIPTION: This monopodial species comes from Assam India, eastern Himalayas, Yunnan China, Myanmar and Thailand as a small sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte at elevations of 300 to 1200 meters with a terete stem carrying ligulate, channeled above, keeled below, bilobed apically leaves, and as in all Vandas grow best in wooden slat baskets with no media. The later winter and spring flowers have a pleasing scent of grape and are borne on an axillary erect or drooping, to 2' [60 cm] long, longer than the leaves, many [15 or more] flowered inflorescence with many long-lasting flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: 1 1/2 inches [3 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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