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Orchid Species: Vanda flabellata
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Vanda flabellata is an orchid species identified by (Rolfe ex Downie) Christenson in 1985.
ORIGIN: Found in Thailand, Myanmar and Yunnan China at forests edges or sparse woods as a small to just medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphytic species at elevations of 300 to 1700 meters.
DESCRIPTION: A small to just medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphytic species at elevations of 300 to 1700 meters that requires partial sun and has a shorter stem carrying many, lorate, curved, keeled, bilobed apically leaves and blooms with a 4 to 10 [10 to 25 cm] long, pendant, lax inflorescence with 3 to 15, fragrant flowers occurring in the spring.
FLOWER SIZE: 3/4 inch [2 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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Author is Sys Admin, posted 29 days ago
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by Roy Tokunaga Email: [email protected]
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