Vanda concolor Blume 1849 SECTION Longicalcarata Christenson Photo by © Kazuteru Tamura.

Inflorescence Photo by © the Association Auboise de Orchidophilie Exotique Website

Common Name The One Colored Vanda - in China Qin chun wan dai lan

Flower Size 1.2 to 1.6" [3 to 4 cm]

Found in Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan provinces of China and North Vietnam on tree trunks and rocks at forest margins at elevations of 700 to 1600 meters as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with a short stem carrying several, leathery, linear, unequally bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the spring on 1 to 2, axillary, 4.4 to 6.8" [11 to 17 cm] long, 4 to 8 flowered inflorescence with ovate, acute floral bracts carrying thick textured, fragrant flowers

CAUTION I cannot be sure of the veracity of this determination so please use caution.

Synonyms Vanda cruenta Lodd. ex Sweet 1826; Vanda esquirolei Schltr. 1921; Vanda guangxiensis Fowlie 1993; Vanda roxburghii var. unicolor Hook 1835

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Orchid Digest Vol 57 Vol 4 1993 as V guangxiensis photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illusttrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing ok; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos ok

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