Vanda foetida J.J.Sm.

 Vanda foetida J.J.Sm., Icon. Bogor. [Boerlage] 3: t. 221 (1906).

Vanda foetida J.J.Sm., Photo by Bali Dewata Orchids

its native range is S. Sumatera.

Latin Name: 

Vanda foetida J.J.Sm.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

English Name:

The Bad Smelling Vanda (refers to the heavy creosote smell of this species).

Description: 

With an erect stem carrying many strap-shaped, fleshy, tough, shiny grey-green, tridentate apically leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, much shorter than the leaves, to 8 cm long, 2 to 3 flowered inflorescence carrying wide open, fleshy, creosote scented flowers.

Distribution:

Sumatera.

Ecological:

As a large sized epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the summer.

Flower size:

6.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Light:

Bright; 2500-3500 Footcandles (very bright indirect light).

Temperature:

Intermediate to Warm; 58°F min. to 88°F max.

Watering:

Moist; 3-5 waterings per week (let dry lightly between waterings).

Type:

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- orchidspecies.com/vanfoetida.htm.- ipni.org/n/661009-1

- powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:661009-1

- andysorchids.com/pictureframe.asp?pic=images/Species/8247med.jpg&PicId=8247&PicNam=Vanda%20-%20foetida