Vandopsis lissochiloides (Gaudich.) Pfitzer

Vandopsis lissochiloides Pfitzer, Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] ii. 6 (1889) 210.

Vandopsis lissochiloides Pfitzer, Photo by Yosuke Oda

its native range is Indo-China to W. New Guinea.

Latin Name: 

Vandopsis lissochiloides Pfitzer

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Fieldia lissochiloides Gaudich.

Grammatophyllum pantherinum Zipp. ex Blume

Stauropsis batemannii G.Nicholson

Stauropsis lissochiloides (Gaudich.) Pfitzer

Vanda batemannii Lindl.

Vanda lissochiloides (Gaudich.) Lindl.

English Name:

The Lissochilus-Like Vanda [An orchid Genus]

Thailand name:

Khao Phra Wihan.

Description: 

With an elongated leafy stem carrying distichous, sword-shaped, coriaceous, conduplicate, basally clasping leaves that blooms mostly in the spring and summer on an erect, 240 cm long, subterminal inflorescence with many (12 to 30) fragrant long-lasting flowers.

Distribution:

Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Thailand.

Ecological:

This is a giant sized, lithophytic or terrestrial, monopodial orchid at elevations of sea level to 1100 m as a warm to hot growing orchid found on the edges of evergreen jungle.

Flowering times:

Bloome mostly in the spring and summer.

Flower size:

7.0 cm

Cultivation:

Warm growing lithophyte, requires light position

Typus:

May 15, 2000 Wallich, N. [1938], India K000387665 holotype

May 15, 2000 s.coll. [s.n], India K000387662 isotype

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- https://www.ipni.org/n/661120-1

- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:661120-1

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

- http://www.orchidsnewguinea.com/orchid-information/species/speciescode/1103