Vanda roeblingiana

Vanda roeblingiana, Roebelen's vanda, is a species of orchid endemic to the mountain provinces of the island of Luzon in the Philippines.[2] Hugh Low, a British colonial administrator and naturalist introduced the plant to London in 1893.[3] The next year, Robert Allen Rolfe, an English botanist formally described the plant and thought it was originally collected from the vicinity of Singapore or Peninsular Malaysia.[4] Low, who works in Clapton Nursery had collecting expedition to Southeast Asia with Singapore as headquarter.

Vanda roeblingiana
Plant and flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Vanda
Species:
V. roeblingiana
Binomial name
Vanda roeblingiana
Rolfe (1894)[1]
  • Specimen plant
  • Flower
  • Close-up shot of lip

See also

References
  1. "Vanda roeblingiana". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  2. Teoh, Eng-Soon (2005). "Orchids of Asia". Times Editions-Marshall Cavendish. Third Edition: 234. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  3. Bulletin of miscellaneous information (1894 ed.). London: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1894. p. 365. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  4. Cootes, Jim; Boos, Ronny (September 25, 2016). "Three unique Philippine Vanda species". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
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