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Vanda lamellata

Vanda lamellata
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0

Vanda lamellata is an epiphytic orchid that grows on trees in humid subtropical forests across Borneo, the Philippines, Taiwan and nearby islands. Grow it mounted or in an open orchid basket with bright light, frequent watering and good air movement.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Epiphyte, Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water thoroughly when the roots and medium begin to dry, and mist or soak in the morning so the roots dry quickly.
Soil
Mounted on bark or in an open orchid mix, or a bare mount with no medium.
Temperature
18-30 °C; protect below 12 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. Borneo, Nansei-shotō (Uotsuri-jima), S. Taiwan to Philippines, Marianas
Climate
subtropical

About

Vanda lamellata is a species of orchid. It is an epiphytic subshrub native to the Japanese Ryukyu Islands (Uotsuri-jima), southern Taiwan (including Lan Yü), the Philippines, the Mariana Islands, and northern Malaysian Borneo.

Other Vanda plants

Vanda miniata · Vanda ampullacea · Vanda bensonii · Vanda christensoniana · Blue orchid · Vanda coerulescens · Vanda cristata · Vanda curvifolia · Vanda denisoniana · Vanda dives · Vanda falcata subsp. richardsiana · Samurai Orchid

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vanda lamellata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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