!Euanthe sanderiana [Rchb.f] Schlechter 1914 Photo courtesy of © Lourens Grobler

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Common Name Sanders Euanthe [English Orchid Nurseryman and Hybrid registrator 1800's] - Waling-Waling - Philippine]

Flower Size 3 1/2 to 4 1/2" [8.7 to 11.2 cm]

In it's natural location Euanthe grows on trees at elevations of 500 meters to close to the sea, often hanging over the water, and often fully exposed to the sun as well. A major player in vandaceous breeding programs because of its two tone look is found in the Philippines on Mindanao Island and is a large sized, monopodial, hot grower with an elongate stem, covered by imbricating sheathing bases carrying distichous, curved, coriaceous, ligulate, unequally bilobed or truncate apically articulated to the persistent leaf sheaths below that blooms in the fall on a ascending, axillary, stout, to 12" [30 cm] long, 7 to 10 flowered raceme with long-lasting, fragrant flowers usually shorter than the leaves.

Synonyms Esmeralda sanderiana [Rchb.f] Rchb.f 1882; *Vanda sanderiana Rchb.f 1882; Vanda sanderiana var albata Rchb.f 1887; Vanda sanderiana var froebelliana Cogn. 1903; Vanda sanderiana var labello-viridi Linden & Rodig. 1885

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidiana Philipiana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984 as Vanda sanderiana; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003 as V sanderiana;

Euanthe sanderiana var. alba[Rchb.f]Schlechter 1914 Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl

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