Vanda testacea (Lindl.) Rchb.f.

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Aerides testacea Lindl.; Aerides wightiana Lindl.; Vanda vitellina Kraenzl.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Vanda testacea (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Hadaicha-lasun (Marathi)
    • Maravazha (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests; also in the plains
  • Comments / notes : On foothills to 1400m, on trees.
  • Key identification features : Monopodial epiphytes with thick, stout stem; Leaves linear, strongly foldes at mid-vein, raceme axillary, equaling the leaves; Flowers yellowish-brown, long pedicelled; lip reflexed, 3-lobed.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-July
  • Collector(s) Name : T.P.Ramamoorthy, K.N.Gandhi; Cecil J. Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 6-4-1972, 22-04-1966, 09-10-1964
  • Collection Nos : HFP 2757; CS 10341; CS 9334
  • Collection Locality : Hebbsale,Hassan district; Sakleshpur; Hassan-Sakleshpur road
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, East Godavari district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district
    • Telangana : Mehboobnagar district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Bhandara district, Kolhapur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Thane district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Koraput district, Keonjhar district, Kalhandi district, Ganjam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Subansiri
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • 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 Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • Prasad, K et al 2012 Conservation of Wild Orchids in Sri Krishnadevaraya University botanical garden, Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4(7)
    • 2705-2708
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 166
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Vanda testacea. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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