Vanda lamellata Lindl.

"Vanda lamellata Lindl. is a species of orchid found from the Japanese Ryukyu Islands (Senkaku-gunto), Taiwan (Lan Yü), to the Philippines, and northern Malaysian Borneo. It was described by John Lindley in 1838."

Vanda lamellata Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 66 (1838).

Vanda lamellata Lindl., Photos by Mathew Jose Mathew

Vanda lamellata Lindl., Photos by Mathew Jose Mathew Yongyouth Chaisuriyakul

Vanda lamellata Lindl., Photos by Erik Legaspi

Vanda lamellata Lindl., Photos by Kc Tan

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym Name: 

Vanda lamellata var. boxallii Rchb.f.

Vanda lamellata var. lamellata

Vanda lamellata var. remediosae Ames & Quisumb.

English Name:

The Thin-Ridged Lip Vanda

Japan name: 

Koto-hisaui-ran

Chinise name:

Ya Mei Wan Dai Lan - 雅美万代兰 

Description: 

Short-stemmed tree completely covered by leaf-bearing sheaths, leaf-blade and sheathed, narrow, opposite, oblique atop, with many hairs below the leaves on an erect tree, 45 cm long, longer. more than leaves, a few to as many to 25, the inflorescence can grow in clusters or rarely to flower with fragrant waxy flowers, long-lived plants.

Distribution:

Borneo, Marianas, Nansei-shoto, Philippines, Taiwan.

Ecological:

On sunny tree trunks or rocks. At elevations of sealevel to 350 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring and later summer.

Flower size:

4.5 cm.

Cultivation:

Plants are best grown hanged in baskets and on mounted and require bright to full sunlight and warm temperatures. If hunged the roots must be watered frequently. Plants should be grown in media that is well drained such as tree fern fibers (for small plants), several pieces of coarse fir bark, or sphagnum moss.

Type:

Gardiner, L. (LG0059) 76437.000 Unknown type material

Ref:

orchidspecies.com

ipni.org

powo.science.kew.org

orchids.fandom.com