| Vanda suavis photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
| published in | The Gardners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 351 1848 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Vandeae | |
| subtribe | Aeridinae | |
| genus | Vanda (R Brown) Jones 1820 | |
| 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 | forests in Laos, Indonesia (Java, Yogyakarta, Merapi, Mt. Kawi, Asah Munduk, Jambean, Sukanegara, |
| Purwodadi, Jabung, Bali Sidemen forest, Apuan forest, Lake Bratan) | ||
| altitude | 100 - 1200 m (330 - 3960 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Banyuwangi (Sidemen forest, Bali, Indonesia) | |
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Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) |
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| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 650 m / 2145 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Banyuwangi this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 32 m' to 11 h 28 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte, lithophyte or geophyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 30 cm (12"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 8 - 10, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 6.5 L 4.5 cm (2.6" L 1.8") - inflorescence 30 L 12 cm (12" L 4.8") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 60 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 50 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
