Can you ID this Vanda ?

[erna]

I have had this Vanda for a very long time, long before I started to catalogue my orchids, and I truly love it, but the Tag has long gone. The blooms have a magnificent fragrance.
Can anyone help with the ID?

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

I don't readily recognize this Vanda as a species.

Do you remember if it is a species or a hybrid?

[erna]

I am guessing that it is a Hybrid. Strap-leaf.
Thanks for responding

[Bud]

the flower in your picture looks similar to my Vanda Bensonii 'Mahogany Red Coral'
it also strap leaf and fragrant that smells like berries....
your Vanda must be a Bensonii hybrid of some sort....

[erna]

Originally Posted by Bud

the flower in your picture looks similar to my Vanda Bensonii 'Mahogany Red Coral'
it also strap leaf and fragrant that smells like berries....
your Vanda must be a Bensonii hybrid of some sort....

Thank you. I am now a little conflicted between V. Bensonii & V. limbata.

[Gage]

I'm pretty certain it isn't limbata, Angela. It looks like it could be a form of Vanda bensonii, or a hybrid of it.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

V. bensonii was my initial guess as well, but it doesn't match up to it. I know there is such a thing as species variation, but there is something about your Vanda's flower that doesn't scream out that it really is a variant of V. bensonii. I'm thinking that there is a discernible difference between the labellum of the flower to your orchid compared to that of V. bensonii. The wings of the labellum on your orchid and V. bensonii match, but not the rest of the lip, which makes me believe your Vanda is a hybrid of V. bensonii and possibly V. ustii, idk. Or maybe it's a hybrid of V. bensonii and possibly V. tessellata.