Vanda longitepala D.L.Roberts 2008 publ. 2009 SECTION Cristatae Photo © by Patricia Harding

Common Name The Long Tepaled Vanda

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Found in Myanmar at elevations of 1200 to 1500 meters as a medium sized, cool growing epiphyte with an erect stem carrying ligulate, arching, praemorse, unequally acutely bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the spring on an axillary, short to .6" [1.5 cm] long, 1 to 2 flowered inflorescence with ovate floral bracts

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *KEW BULLETIN VOL. 63: 495–497 2008 publ 2009 drawing fide

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