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Roebelen's Vanda

Vanda roeblingiana

Roebelen's Vanda
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0

Roebelen's vanda is an epiphytic orchid from the mountains of Luzon in the Philippines, grown as a warm-climate orchid rather than a common houseplant. It needs bright light, good airflow and a mount or open basket so its roots can dry between waterings.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water thoroughly when the roots turn silvery and dry, and avoid leaving water in the crown.
Soil
Open epiphytic mix of bark, charcoal or tree fern, or a mount with no compost.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Philippines (Luzon)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Vanda roeblingiana, Roebelen's vanda, is a species of orchid endemic to the mountain provinces of the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Hugh Low, a British colonial administrator and naturalist introduced the plant to London in 1893. 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. Low, who works in Clapton Nursery had collecting expedition to Southeast Asia with Singapore as headquarter.

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 roeblingiana 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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