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Orchid Species: Vanda griffithii
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Vanda griffithii is an orchid species identified by Lindl. in 1851.
ORIGIN: Found in the eastern Himalayas and Bhutan on rocks under bushes at elevations of 1500 to 1800 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Small sized, cool growing lithophyte with an erect, monopodial stem enveloped by leaf bearing sheaths and carrying weakly curved, oblong, unequally tri-lobed leaves that blooms in the spring on an axillary, glabrous, [4 to 5 cm] long, laxly 4 flowered inflorescence with ovate to triangular, truncate to obtuse floral bracts and carrying faintly scented 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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