Vanda hindsii Lindl.

Vanda hindsii Lindl., London J. Bot. 2: 237 (1843).

Vanda hindsii Lindl., Photos by Mathew Jose Mathew

Vanda hindsii Lindl., Photos by Yanuar Mahir Hermawan

its native range is Papuasia to N. Queensland

Synonyms:

Vanda truncata J.J.Sm.

Vanda whiteana D.A.Herb. & S.T.Blake

Vietnamese name:

Hoàng thảo lông trắng

English name:

Hinds' Vanda (English Botanist early 1800's).

Australia name:

The Native Strap Orchid

Flower Size:

5 cm.

Flowering time:

April, June, July, September, October, November.

Distribution:

New Guinea, Queensland, Solomon Is.

Ecological:

Mn areas with a distinct dry season in winter and spring as a large sized, hot growing, monopodial epiphyte on tall trees near large rivers or as a lithophyte scrambling over rocky outcrops with very bright sun at elevations of sea-level to 500 m.

Culture:

Warm growing epiphyte, requires light position.

Type:

Hind [s.n.], New Guinea  K000079519 holotype