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Orchid Species: Vanda alpina
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Vanda alpina is an orchid species identified by (Lindl.) Lindl. in 1853.
ORIGIN: Found in the western Himalayas, Assam, eastern Himlayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and southern China in warm broad-leafed forests at elevations of 1200 to 2000 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with a terete stem envelopd completely by imbricate leaf-bearing sheaths and carrying broadly linear to oblong, arched, unequally bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the late spring and early summer on a short to .8 [2 cm] long, 1 to 3 flowered, glabrous inflorescence with ovate, subacute sheaths and triangular, obtuse floral bracts and carrying pendant flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: 0.6 to 0.8 inches [1.5 to 2 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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