Vanda limbata Blume 1849 Photos courtesy of Peter O'Byrne, Dr. E.F. de Vogel Andre Schuiteman and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website. and Flora Malesiana Vol III

Inflorescence Photo courtesy of Nik Fahmi and his Vortex Orchid Page.

Common Name The Callus Vanda

Flower Size to 2" [to 5 cm]

Several fragrant, long lasting flowers grace this large sized, hot growing epiphyte from the island of Sulawesi, and Java with elongate stems carrying several, linear, recurved leaves that blooms on a erect or ascending, to 10" [25 cm] long, several [10 to 12] flowered inflorescence with fragrant flowers of cinnamon occuring in the summer.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905; AOS Bulletin Vol 48 No 5 1979 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 46 No 4 1982 photo; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; Orchid Digest Vol 72 No 3 2008 photo

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