Vanda sanderiana Rchb.f 1882 SECTION Lamellaria Lindley 1853

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Common Name Sanders Vanda [English Orchid Nurseryman and Hybrid registrator 1800's] - Waling-Waling - Philippine]

Flower Size 3 1/2 to 4 1/2" [8.7 to 11.2 cm]

In it's natural location Euanthe grows on trees at elevations of sealevel to 500 meters close to the sea, often hanging over the water, and often fully exposed to the sun as well. A major player in vandaceous breeding programs because of its two tone look is found in the Philippines on Mindanao Island and is a large sized, monopodial, hot grower with an elongate stem, covered by imbricating sheathing bases carrying distichous, curved, coriaceous, ligulate, unequally bilobed or truncate apically leaves articulated to the persistent leaf sheaths below that blooms in the fall on 1 to 2, ascending, axillary, stout, to 12" [30 cm] long, 7 to 10 flowered raceme with long-lasting, fragrant flowers usually shorter than the leaves.

Synonyms Esmeralda sanderiana [Rchb.f] Rchb.f 1882; Euanthe sanderiana [Rchb.f] Schlechter 1914; Euanthe sanderiana f. albata (Rchb.f.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss 2007; Euanthe sanderiana f. immaculata (Golamco) Cootes 2007; Vanda sanderiana var albata Rchb.f 1887; Vanda sanderiana var froebelliana Cogn. 1903; Vanda sanderiana var. immaculata Golamco 2002; Vanda sanderiana var labello-viridi Linden & Rodig. 1885

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Fascile 2 Ames 1908 drawing fide; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 photo fide as Euanthe sanderiana; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Vanda sanderiana var froebeliana drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 26 #6 1957 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 26 #8 1957 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 26 # 12 1957 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 7 1958 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 23 #3 1959 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 24 #1 1960 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 24 #2 1960 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 24 #4 1960 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 24 #8 1960 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 29 No 9 1960 photo fide; AOS Bulletin VOl 30 #1 1961 photo fide; AOS Bulletin VOl 30 #2 1961 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 30 No 4 1961 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 31 # 1 1962 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 2 1963 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 11 1963 photo fide; AOS Orchid Culture 1963 photo fide; AOS Bulletin VOl 33 #5 1964 photo fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Euanthe sanderiana photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 36 #1 1967 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 36 #2 1967 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 36 #3 1967 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 39 #10 1970 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 37 No 4 1973 as Euanthe sanderiana drawing fide; The Complete Writings on Philippine Orchids Vol 2 Quisumbing 1981 photo fide; Orchidiana Philipiana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; AOS Bulletin Vol 53 No 6 1984 as Euanthe sanderiana photo; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 19/20 1129 - 1264 Brieger 1988 as Euanthe sanderiana drawing/photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 61 #3 1992 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 61 No 9 1992 as Euanthe sanderiana photo fide; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 as Euanthe sanderiana drawing fide; Orchid Digest Vol 59 #1 1995 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 65 No 9 1996 drawing fide; Orchid Digest Vol 61 #3 1997 photo fide; Vandas Motes 1997 as Euanthe sanderiana photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 11 1998 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 12 1998 drawing fide; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 as Euanthe sanderiana photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 67 No 6 2002/3 as Euanthe sanderiana photo; Orchid Digest Vol 65 #1 2001 Photo Fide; Orchid Digest Vol 66 #1 2002 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 6 2003 photo fide; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; Australian Orchid Review Vol 70 No 6 2005/6 as Euanthe sanderiana photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 2005 as Euanthe sanderiana photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 72 No 2 2007 as Euanthe sanderiana photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 #5 2008 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 78 #3 2009 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 74 #1 2010 as Euanthe sanderiana photo fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 as Euanthe sanderiana photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 79 #2 Motes etal 2016; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #10 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #12 2017 photo fide;

Vanda sanderiana var. albata [Rchb.f]Schlechter 1914

Photo by Jay Pfahl

Synonyms Euanthe sanderiana f. albata (Rchb.f.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss 2007

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Complete Writings on Philippine Orchids Quisumbing 1981; Vandas Motes 1997 photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 65 No 4 2000 photo; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 70 No 2 2005; AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #1 2011 as E sanderiana var alba

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