Vanda roeblingiana

Vanda roeblingiana Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894(94): 365 (1894).

Vanda roeblingiana Rolfe, Photo from Deutsche Orchideen-Gesellschaft e.V. - Gruppe Teutoburger Wald

Vanda roeblingiana Rolfe, Photo by Melida Demorizi 

its native range is Philippines. 

Latin Name: 

Vanda roeblingiana Rolfe

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

English Name:

Roebelen's Vanda (German Orchid Collector SE Asia late 1800's).

Description: 

With an elongated stem carrying several, alternate, linear-oblong, recurved, oblique, truncate leaves that blooms on an axillary, horizontal to ascending, 17 to 30 cm long, several to many (8 to 15) flowered inflorescence with long lasting, sweetly fragrant flowers occuring in the summer.

Distribution:

Philippines.

Ecological:

In montane forests on medium sized tree trunks at elevations above 1500 meters in heavy shade as a large sized, cool growing, monopodial epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the summer.

Flower size:

5.0 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.

Typus:

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- https://www.ipni.org/n/661059-1

- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:661059-1

-  http://www.orchidspecies.com/vroeblingii.htm.

- https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Vanda_roeblingiana