- Family : ORCHIDACEAE
(ORCHID FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Orchidaceae
- Species : Vanda tessellata
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook. ex G.Don
- Common name : Checkered Vanda
- Vernacular name : Vega badanika (Tel.)
- Habit : Herb
- Flower, Fruit : March-August; August onwards
- Native : Indian sub-continent
- Comments : On foorhills to about 750 m, on slopes. Sometimes in dense masses on decaying trees.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, Kurnool district, East Godavari district, Kadapa district, Visakhapatnam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Tamil Nadu State; Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Ganjam district, Koraput district, Malayagiri Hills (Keonjhar district), Dhenkanal district, Cuttack district (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, China, Himalaya
- Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Vanda tessellata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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