Vandachostylis Thai Sky (synonym:Vascostylis Thai Sky) is an epiphytic growing orchid hybrid, a crossing between the cultivars Vandachostylis Charlotte Oestreicher (seed parent) and Vandachostylis Tham Yuen Hae (pollen parent). The bright purple colored orchid hybrid has been developed and registered with the Royal Horticultural Society in the year 1992 by Suphachadiwong, an orchid breeder from Read More »
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Vanda luzonica Loher ex Rolfe 1915 is an epiphytic growing orchid species, native to the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Inflorescences of the magnificent. white orchid with purple spots and markings, get lengths up to 40 cm and carry up to 25 flowers. The fragrant flowers reach a size up to 7 cm. …
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Vanda Crownfox Red Delicious (synonym: Ascocenda Crownfox Red Delicious) is an epiphytic growing orchid hybrid, a crossing between the hybrid Vanda Peggy Foo (seed parent) and the species orchid Vanda denisoniana (pollen parent). Vanda Crownfox Red Delicious has been developed and registered with the Royal Horticultural Society in the year 1998 by R.F.Orchids, an orchid Read More »
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Vandopsis gigantea (Lindl.) Pfitzer 1889 is an epiphytic, occasionally lithopytic growing, very big sized orchid species, native to Bangladesh, Myanmar (formerly Burma), South China, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos and Vietnam. Leaves of mature Vandopsis gigantea orchids reach lengths up to about 0,5 meter. The leathery, fragrant, yellow spotted flowers get a size of about 7 cm Read More »
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Vanda Manuvadee is an epiphytic growing, blue orchid hybrid, a crossing between Vanda Ponpimol (Seed parent) and Vanda coerulea (pollen parent). The showy orchid hybrid has been registered with the Royal Horticultural Society in the year 1985 by A.Arayangura. Vanda Manuvadee flowers get a size of about 10 – 12 cm in diameter. Flowering period: Read More »
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Vanda coerulea Griff. ex Lindl. 1847, commonly called The Blue Vanda, is an epiphytic growing orchid species, native to the Himalayas, India, Nepal, Bhutan, South China (Yunnan), Myanmar (formerly Burma), North Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. The blue orchid has been primarly described by Sir John Lindley from the description of the orchid found in the Read More »
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Vanda merrillii Ames & Quisumb. 1932 is a large sized, epiphytic growing orchid species, native to the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The tropical Vanda orchid has been named in honour to the American botanist Elmer Drew Merrill (1876-1956), a specialist on the plants of South East Asia. Inflorescences of Vanda merrillii get lengths Read More »
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Since centuries orchid enthusiasts hunt for the black orchid and orchid nurserys around the world try to breed a black orchid hybrid. As far as we know, there is no real black orchid found or created until today. Vandachostylis Colmarie Black Beauty is a very dark violet or maroon coloured, epiphytic growing orchid hybrid, a Read More »
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Vandopsis parishii (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1912 is an epiphytic growing orchid species, native to India (Assam), the Himalayas, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand, South China and Vietnam. In 1868 the beautiful orchid has been named primarily by the German botanist Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1823 – 1889) in honour the orchid collector Reverend Charles Samuel Pollock Parish Read More »
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Vanda denisoniana Bens. & Rchb.f. 1869 is an epiphytic growing orchid species endemic to Indochina (Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand, Laos, Vietnam) and South China (Yunnan). The erect inflorescences of Vanda denisoniana get a length of about 15 cm and carry up to 7 highly fragrant flowers. The very pleasant scent is reminescent of vanilla and Read More »
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Vanda pumila Hook. f. 1890 is a small epiphytic growing orchids species native to North India, South China, Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, Burma (Myanamar), Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and Sumatra (Indonesia). Commonly the slightly fragrant orchid is called dwarf Vanda, in Thailand Ueang Pak Pet, what means duck’s bill orchid. Vanda pumila flowers get a size of Read More »
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The orchid beauty Vanda tricolor var. suavis (Lindl.) Rchb.f.1864, an epiphytic, lithophytic or terrestrially growing orchid species, native to North Thailand, Laos and Indonesia (Java) has primarily been classified in 1848 as Vanda suavis by the father of the science of orchids Sir John Lindley (1799-1865). The German botanist Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1823-1889) changed …
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The rare Vanda spathulata (L.) Spreng. 1826, often misspelled as Vanda spatulata, was the first Vanda orchid species described ever. 1703 the plant was categorised in the Hortus Indicus Malabaricus as Ponnampou maravara, then later on, in 1753 Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) named it Epidendrum spathulatum. In 1826 the German botanist Curt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1766–1833) Read More »
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Vanda parviflora Lindl. 1844 is an epiphytic growing miniature orchid species, found in Thailand and Myanmar (formerly Burma). Inflorescenses reach a length up to about 20 cm and carry up to 20 flowers. The fragrant, yellow flowers get a size of about 2 – 2,5 cm in diameter. Flowering period: April – June. Vanda parviflora Read More »
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Vanda lilacina Teijsm. & Binn. 1862 is an epiphytic growing, small sized orchid species, native to Thailand and Laos. The tropical orchid has been primarily described by the two Dutch botanists Johannes Elias Teijsmann (1808–1882) and Simon Binnendijk (1821 – 1883) in the year 1862. In Thailand, the small flowered Vanda lilacina orchid, flowers reach Read More »
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Lemonia (Ravenia spectabilis)
Bulbophyllum orectopetalum
Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi Blume & Rchb. f. 1860
Epidendrum ciliare (Coilostylis ciliaris)
Man of the Earth (Ipomoea pandurata)
Dendrobium infundibulum Lindl.1859
Paphiopedilum insigne
Crimson Bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus)
Phalaenopsis Golden Beauty
Paphiopedilum parishii
Hoya megalasterVandachostylis Thai Sky
Phalaenopsis violacea fo. coerulea Christenson
Oceanblue Morning Glory (Ipomoea indica)
Buddha’s Lamp (Mussaenda philippica var. aurorae)
Hoya waymaniae Kloppenb.1995
Brassia Eternal Wind “Summer Dream”
Phalaenopsis × valentinii
Hoya carnosa white
Cattleya Tainan City
Hoya macgillivrayi F. M. Bailey 1914
Monkey Flower Tree (Phyllocarpus septentrionalis)
Bulbophyllum sikkimense (Cirrhopetalum sikkimense)
Spathoglottis Citrus Cooler Sorbet