Vanda testacea (Lindl.) Rchb.f.

in Gard. Chron. 2: 166 (1877).

Synonymes

Aerides testacea Lindl. in Gen. Sp. Orch. 238 (1833). (basionyme)

Aerides wightiana Lindl. in Gen. Sp. Orch. 238 (1833).

Vanda vitellina Kraenzl. in Gard. Chron. 2: 206 (1892).

Répartition

Bhoutan, Birmanie, Ceylan, Chine, Inde, Népal, Sikkim, Thaïlande.

Inde : Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.

Floraison : ____MJ__S___. Altitude de 300 à 2000 m.

Description sommaire

Plante épiphyte. Taille de 10 à 30 cm. Feuilles de 6 à 10, de 7-11 × 10-12 mm, lancéolées. Fleurs de 0 à 10, jaunes, roses. Eperon de 1 à 2 mm, plus court que l'ovaire. Sépale dorsal en spatule, de 7-8 × 3-4 mm. Sépales latéraux elliptiques, ovales, en spatule, de 6-7 × 3-4 mm. Pétales oblongs, en spatule, de 6-8 × 2-3 mm. Chromosomes : 2n=38.

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