Vanda liouvillei Finet 1912

Inflorescence Photos by © Lourens Grobler

Side View Of Flower. Photo by © Lourens Grobler

SLIGHT LATE EARLY

Common Name Liouville's Vanda

Flower Size 1 3/4" [4 cm]

Found in Burma, Thailand and Laos as a warm to cool growing and is similar to V brunnea but has slightly larger flowers and blooms in the late winter and early spring on an axillary, to 20" [50 cm] long, several [10 to 15] flowered inflorescence with slightly fragrant flowers.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 10 1996 photo; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 3 Tanaka 2007;

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