Vanda alpina Lindl.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Vanda

Characteristics

Stems 5-18 cm, 0.5-1 cm in diam. Leaf blade 5-16 × 0.7-1.4 cm, slightly fleshy or thickly leathery, apex unequally 2-lobed. Inflorescences 2 or 3, 1.5-2.5 cm, 1-3-flowered; peduncle 1-2 cm; rachis 0.5-1 cm; floral bracts ovate-triangular, 2-3 × 1.5-2 mm, apex obtuse-acute. Flowers thickly textured, not widely opening, 1.5-2 mm in diam., fragrant; pedicel and ovary yellowish green, 1.2-2 cm; sepals and petals green to yellow-green, not tessellated. Dorsal sepal oblong-ovate, 11-15 × 4-6 mm, base cuneate, apex obtuse; lateral sepals ovate-lanceolate, 12-15 × 4-6 mm, base cuneate, apex obtuse-acute. Petals obliquely oblong-lanceolate, 10-13 × 3-5 mm, base clawed, apex obtuse-acute; lip green with a whitish base, basal sac maroon-purple, apical lamina striped violet, shorter than sepals, fleshy, base concave, spurless, deeply gibbous-saccate; lateral lobes suberect, abaxially yellowish green, adaxially reddish purple, suborbicular, 1.5-2.5 × 3-4 mm, apex rounded; mid-lobe abaxially yellowish green, adaxially reddish purple with yellowish stripes, ligulate-ovate, 9-12 × 6-7 mm, apex retuse or obscurely 3-lobed; disk sometimes with a small, short central ridge and 2 smaller central ridges on either side. Column white, 3-4 mm; anther cap white, nearly subglobose, ca. 3 mm wide. Fl. Jun. 2n = 38.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
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Environment

Light 4-9
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Soil acidity 4-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Vanda alpina unspecified picture

Distribution

Vanda alpina world distribution map, present in China, Nepal, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:660970-1
WFO ID wfo-0000330976
COL ID 7FFMY
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Synonyms

Vanda alpina Luisia alpina Stauropsis alpina Trudelia alpina