Family | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae |
Tribe | Vandeae |
Subtribe | Aeridinae |
Scientific name | Vanda lamellata Lindley |
Synonyms | Vanda amiensis Masamune & Segawa; Vanda clitellaria Reichenbach f.; Vanda cumingii Lindley ex Paxton; Vanda vidalii Boxall; Vanda yamiensis Masamune & Segawa |
Common name | (Japanese common name) kohtoh-hisui-ran (コウトウヒスイラン, 紅頭翡翠蘭 or 紅頭嶼翡翠蘭 [meaning: Botel Tobago Island jade orchid]) |
(Chinese common name) ya mei wan dai lan (雅美萬代蘭) | |
Distribution | (Japan) Okinawa |
(Other nations) Taiwan, Philippines | |
Habitat | Mountane wet forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=42, 46 |
Description | Stems 30-70cm long. Leaves ca. 12-30cm long, ca. 1-2cm wide. Flowers inflorescences ca. 20-30cm long, flowering in April. Epiphyte on sunny tree trunks or lithophyte on rocks. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Vanda lamellata Lindl. |
Vanda lamellata Lindley | |
Vanda lamellata Lindley 1838 | |
Note | Photos below are those of an orchid which was cultivated by Mr. Shunji Mitsuhashi in his greenhause. |
May 2010 at Mr. Mitsuhashi's greenhause |
May 2010 at Mr. Mitsuhashi's greenhause |
May 2010 at Mr. Mitsuhashi's greenhause |
May 2010 at Mr. Mitsuhashi's greenhause |