| Ridged-Lip Vanda |
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| Original date | 4/4/24 12:10 PM |
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| Focal length | 4.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
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| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
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Botanical name: Vanda motesiana Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Vanda stangeana auct. non Rchb.f.
Synonyms: Vanda stangeana auct. non Rchb.f.
Ridged-Lip Vanda is a tree-dwelling orchid looking
very similar to
Bicolor Vanda. It is named for the Vanda
expert, Dr. Martin Motes. For more than 20 years it was in cultivation
mistakenly as Vanda stangeana.
Flowers, measured from dorsal sepal to lip tip, are 3.2-3.6 cm; and petal
tip to petal tip 3.8-4.2 cm wide. Dorsal sepal is 1.8-2 x 1.2-1.5 cm.
Petals are 1.7-2 x 1.2-1.4 cm. Lip is 1.6 cm from basal lobes to cleft
in the tip; basal lobes 0.5-0.6 x 0.5-0.7 cm; apical lobes 0.7 x 0.7 cm;
blade 1.6 x 0.8-0.9 cm midway to the tip. Spur is 0.6 x 0.2-0.3 cm.
It can be easily distinguished from Bicolor Vanda by the lip. The keels of
Ridged-Lip Vanda are broad ridges, three of them, that run down the
claw of the lip to the midlobe. Ridged-Lip Vanda is found in NE India to
NW Myanmar, at altitudes of 1200-1500 m. Flowering: March-May.
| Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar | Photographed in State Orchidarium, Imphal, Manipur. |
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