Vanda

Vanda Jones ex Robert Brown

An Indo-Malesian genus of about 40 species of epiphytic orchids, Vanda is represented in India by 11 species . Four species are known from kerala .

1. Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook. ex. G. Don in Lound., Hort. Brit. 372. 1830 ; Fischer in Gamble 1928 : 1445 ; Santapau & Kapadia 1966 : 220 ; Sanldanha in Saldanha & Nicolson 1976 : 854 ; Jayaweera in Dassanayake & Fosberg 1981 : 218 ; Abraham & Vatsala 1981:438 ; Joseph 1982 : 130 ; Seidenfaden in Matthew 1983 : 1600; Joseph 1987: 175; Seidenfaden in Matthew 1999: 1263.

Epidendrum tessellatum Roxb ., Pl. Corom . 1: 34. T. 42. 1795.

Vanda roxburghii R. Brown ., Bot.Reg. 6 : t. 506 . 1820 ; Wight 1844-45 : 10.t. 916; J.D. Hook. 1890: 32.

Roxburgh (1795) described this species after a collection from the Circars .

Occurrence : Trivandrum , Idukki ,Malappuram Districts.

Distribution : India , Sri Lanka and Burma.

2. Vanda testacea (Lindl.) Rchb.f. , Gard. Chron. 2: 166. 1877; Santapau & Kapadia 1966: 219; Saldanha in Saldanha 7 Nicolson 1976: 854; Abraham & Vatsala 1981: 436; Joseph 1982 : 130 ; seidenfaden in Matthew 1983 : 1599 ; Joseph 1987 : 177 ; Seidenfaden 1988 : 208 ; Seidenfaden in Matthew 1999: 1262.

Aerides testacea Lindl. , Gen. Sp. Orch. 238 . 1833.

Aerides wightiana Lindl. , Gen Sp. Orch. 238 . 1833; Wight 1851 : 8 .t. 1669 (as Vanda parviflora in tab.) . Vanda parviflora Lindl. Edward's Bot. Reg. 30 : Misc. 57. 1844 ; J.D Hook 1890 : 50 Fischer in Gamble 1928 : 144 ; Jayaweera in Dassanayake & Fosberg 1981 : 215.

Lindley described this species after a collection by Macrae from Sri Lanka .

Occurrence : Trivandrum , Quilon , Idukki , Trissur, Palghat, Callicut and Kannur Districts .

Distribution : India , Sri Lanka to Burma , Thailand and Southern Yunnan.

Vanda thwaitesii J.D. Hok.

a. habit, b. floral bract, c. dorsal sepal, d. lateral sepal, e. petal, f. lip-side view, g. lip-longitudinal section through sac showing the fleshy thickening at the mouth, g. pollinarium-ventral view, i. pollinarium-dorsal view.

3. Vanda thwaitesii J.D. Hook. in Trimen , handb . Fl. Ceylon 4 : 193 . 1898 ; Jayaweera in Dassanayake & Fosberg 1981 : 220 ; Sathish Kumar & Suresh Kumar 1998 : 249.

Aerides tessellatum Thw., Enum . Pl. Zeyl. 305. 1861, non Wight .

Originally reported from Sri Lanka where it is now believed extinct , this species was recently rediscovered from Kerala and Karnataka .

Occurrence : Idukki , Palghat and Wayanad Districts .

Distribution : Southern India (Kerala , Karnataka ) and Sri Lanka (type ) .

4. Vanda wightii Rchb.f., Walp. Ann. 6 : 932 . 1861; J.D. Hook . 1890 : 54 ; Fischer in Gamble 1928 : 1445.

This is again a recent rediscovery . Wight's collections now at Wien Museum were from Coimbatore and 'Palghautcherry'. We got out plants from Sreekandapuram in Kannur Districts and Belthangadi in Karnataka .

Occurrence : Palghat , Kannur Districts.

Distribution : Regional Endemic (Karnataka , Kerala , Tamil Nadu).

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