Vanda pumila Hook. f. 1896 SECTION Cristatae Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Another Color Form Photo courtesy of Jean Claude George

Fragrance Part sunWarm to Hot Springand EARLY Summer

Common Name The Dwarf Vanda - In Thailand Ueang pak pet - In China Ai Wan Dai Lan

Flower Size 1 to 2 1/2" [2.5 to 5 cm]

Closely related to V. cristata. A small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte occuring in the lowlands of Northern India, Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, Myanamar, Southern China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Sumatra in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests and savana-like woodlands at elevations of sealevel to 800 meters and in primary montane forests at elevations of 700 to 1400 meters in an area with bright light and a distinct dry season in the winter at elevations of 500 to 1000 meters with a stout, short, arcuate ascending stem carrying arcuate, ligulate, unequally tridentate apically, conduplicate leaves that area articulated to the basal sheathing leaf bases that blooms on an erect, 6" [10 to 20 cm] long, loosely few [1 to 5] flowered inflorescence with heavy textured, small, fragrant flowers occuring in the spring and early summer. Best grown in a wood slat basket with bright light, hot to warm tempeartures, high humidity, and plenty of year round water.

Synonyms Trudelia pumila (Hook. f.) Senghas 1988; Vanda flavobrunnea Rchb.f., Flora 69: 552 (1886

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Century of Indian Orchids Vol 5 Hooker 1895 drawing fide; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing fide; Orchid Digest Vol 46 No 6 1982 photo fide; Orchids of Kumaun Himalayas Pangtey, Samant and Rawat 1991; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002 as Trudelia pumila photo fide; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2002 as Trudelia pumila; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 1 Tanaka 2003 as Trudelia pumila; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 as Trudelia pumila drawing ok; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Atlas of Wild Orchids in Hainan Island, China Shenyan and Junmei 2010 photo fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide;

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