Vanda ustii Golamco, Claustro and de Mesa 2000 Section Deltoglossa Christ 2001 Photo courtesy of Nik Fahmi and his Vortex Orchid Page.

Flower Closeup Photos courtesy of Jim Cootes, Dr. E.F. de Vogel Andre Schuiteman and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website. and Flora Malesiana Vol III

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Common Name UST's Vanda [An acronym for the college University of Santo Thomas in Manila]

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Found in the Philippines at elevations around 1250 meters as a hot to warm growing, large sized, monopodial epiphyte with an elongate, erect stem carrying many alternate, gracefully curved leaves that are unequally bilobed apically and blooms on a horizontal to pendulous, several to many [to 12] flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Vanda luzonica var immaculata

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; Australian Orchid Review Vol 72 No 2 2007 photo

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