| Vanda coerulea photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Griffith, William |
| published in | Edwars's Botanical Register 33 : sub pl . 30 1847 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Vandeae | |
| sottotribù | Aeridinae | |
| genus | Vanda (R Brown) Jones 1820 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 38 | |
| metabolism | CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. | |
| (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
| it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
| native of | origins | deciduous forests in Bangladesh (east Bengal), India (Mt. Khasiya, Kurtuing), Burma, Thailand, China (Yunnan) |
| almost disappeared in the wild | ||
| altitude | 900 - 1800 m (2970 - 5940 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Dinajpur (Rangpur, Bangladesh) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1350 m / 4450 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Dinajpur this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 42 m' to 10 h 18 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brigthness | full sun | |
| inflorescence | length | 50 - 60 cm (20" - 24"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 8 - 10, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 8 L 8 cm (3.2" L 3.2") - inflorescence 36 L 18 cm (14.4" L 7.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 50 - 70 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 70 - 80 days | |
| CITES | appendix |
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