Common name: Stange's Vanda
Botanical name: Vanda stangeana Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Stange's Vanda is a beautiful endemic orchid of Manipur. It is an epiphyte
that has a stout, erect stem carrying distichous, ligulate, unequally bilobed
apically, spreading and recurved leaves. It blooms on an erect long, several
flowered inflorescence. Flowers are yellowish green with chestnut brown
markings. Flowering: March-May.
Identification credit: Pankaj Sahani
| Photographed in Imphal, Manipur. |
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