Vanda luzonica Loher ex Rolfe 1915 SECTION Deltoglossa Photo courtesy of Oak Hill Gardens

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Common Name The Luzon Vanda [Island in the Philippines

Flower Size 2 1/2 to 3" [6 to 7 cm]

Found on the isle of Luzon in the Philippines at elevations of 500 meters, as a large sized, hot to warm growing monopodial epiphyte that likes steady watering year round and blooms on an axillary, descending, to 16" [40 cm] long, shorter than the leaves, several to many [10 to 25] flowered inflorescence occuring in the spring with fragrant, very waxy flowers.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; AOS Bulletin Vol 70 No 10 2001 photo; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 8 2008; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 10 2008 photo;

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