Vanda parviflora

[Mahon]

This one is blooming now. Native to the Himalayan regions of Asia (Burma and India). A unique thing about this plant is its ability to spike at EVERY joint where the leaf adnates with the main stem. It is quite floriferous, and has already bloomed 4 spikes this year (I selfed a few flowers and outcrossed with my Asco. christensonianum on two of the spikes), and this is the last one for a while. There is another spike starting in the next leaf up Well, here's the picture of the inflorescence and flowers...

Vanda testacea


Better picture of the flower...


-Pat

[cb977]

That's awesome, Pat!

[smartie2000]

I like the lip on that one....the colour really jumps out

[Shadow]

Nice combination of colours!

[Gin]

Beautiful colors . Gin

[Shadow]

How big is the plant and blooms?

[Toddybear]

How cute...they must be one of the smallest-flowered Vanda....well done!

[Tindomul]

If I don't look directly at the labellum, I see a stronger blue than if I did. Beautiful!!!!! thanks for the cool info too!

[wirtlo]

awesome images Pat!
are the flowers fragrant? I have a young one of these guys.... and the orchids with fragrant flowers move to the front of the line with me.

[Roy]

Very nice flower but a most unusual color for a parviflora. It appears in all the references to this species as being all yellow with only a very light purple if at all in the lip. Is this some unknown form of the species ???