Vanda
Vanda is a genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae).
| Vanda | |
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| File:Vanda coerulea Orchi 6052.jpg | |
| Vanda coerulea | |
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Vanda |
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It is one of the most important orchids, with about fifty species.[1] The genus is very highly prized in horticulture for its showy, fragrant, long lasting, and intensely colorful flowers.[2]
Vanda is widespread across East Asia, Southeast Asia, and New Guinea, with a few species extending into Queensland and some of the islands of the western Pacific.[3] The genus is sometimes abbreviated as V. in the flower trade. It belongs to angiosperm.
Vanda Media
- Vanda stem infection.jpg
Cross section of Vanda stem infected with Fusarium, exhibiting typical purple spotting of vascular tissue
- Ascocentrum ampullaceum.jpg
Ascocentrum ampullaceum, flower
- Asparagales - Vanda coerulea - 1.jpg
Vanda Robert's Delight
- Vanda denisoniana var hebraica.jpg
Vanda denisoniana var. hebraica at the Berlin Botanic Garden
Distribution: China to Temp. E. Asia*36 CHC CHN CHS 38 JAP KOR NNS Found in Asia-Temperate China China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto
- LR081 72dpi Vanda hindsii.jpg
Vanda hindsii by Lewis Roberts
- Vanda lamellata (12862380173).jpg
- Vandalamellata()
- Vanda garayi.png
Photo of orchid Vanda garayi (formerly Ascocentrum garayi) in bloom, digitally isolated on a black background.
- Vanda pachara delight.JPG
vanda pachara delight found in United States Botanical Garden, V. Pachara Delight, GM/JOGA Award winning color flowers with good presentation, on strong spikes held clear of the foliage;deep sapphire blue blooms with dark er tessellations on all segments. Extra ordinary easy flowering and cut flower industry delight
- Vanda Robert's Delight x Crownfox Magic at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (81370).jpg
Vanda Robert's Delight 'Crownfox Magic'
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kew World Checklist of selected plant families". Archived from the original on 2020-07-26. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
- ↑ The Orchids, Natural History and Classification, Robert L. Dressler. ISBN 0-674-87526-5
- ↑ "Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Archived from the original on 2020-07-26. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
- Grove, D. L. 1995. Vandas and Ascocendas. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon. 241 pp.
- Motes, Martin R., and Alan L. Hoffman. 1997 Vandas, Their botany, history and culture. ISBN 0-88192-376-1
Other websites
- File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Vanda at Wikimedia Commons
- 16x16px Data related to Vanda at Wikispecies
- Breeding in Vanda Archived 2018-10-23 at the Wayback Machine Breeding in Vanda
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