Biology:Vanda coelestis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Vanda |
| Species: | V. coelestis
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| Binomial name | |
| Vanda coelestis (Rchb.f.) Motes
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Vanda coelestis is a species of orchid native to Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.[1]
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Description
These epiphytic herbs form distiched, hard, deeply grooved, arching leaves that are up to 17 cm long and 2 cm wide. The branched stems can grow up to 10-25 cm tall. The 20 to 50 fragrant, white, pink or blue flowers, 2.2 cm wide, are in dense, upright racemes. The spur is flat but the distal half is curved forward.[2]
Cytology
The chromosome count of Vanda coelestis is 2n = 38.[3]
Taxonomy
The former placement of this species within Rhynchostylis has been disputed.[2] One study identifies this species as the sister group to all other Rhynchostylis species on the basis of Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism.[4]
Etymology
The specific epithet coelestis, derived from the Latin caelum meaning the sky, heavenly, refers to the blue floral colouration.[2]
Pollination
Pollination occurs during daytime through bees.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Vanda coelestis (Rchb.f.) Motes" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/77299035-1. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Motes, M. R. (2021). The Natural Genus Vanda. Redland Press.
- ↑ WOOD, I., SAMEJIMA, F. D. L. A., & Juri RAPSILBER, W. C. Regulation mapping of the mitotic chromosome structure with using multi classifier combinational proteomics.
- ↑ ธนากร วง ษ ศา, อภินันท์ ลิ้ม มงคล, & อนุพันธ์ ก ง บังเกิด. (2013). "การ ศึกษา ความ สัมพันธ์ ทาง พันธุกรรม ของ กล้วยไม้ สกุล ช้าง (Rhynchostylis Bl.; Orchidaceae) ด้วย วิธี Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP)." Genomics and Genetics, 6(1), 1-10.
- ↑ Raguso, R. A., & Pichersky, E. (1999). New Perspectives in Pollination Biology: Floral Fragrances. A day in the life of a linalool molecule: Chemical communication in a plant‐pollinator system. Part 1: Linalool biosynthesis in flowering plants. Plant Species Biology, 14(2), 95-120.
Wikidata ☰ Q4926088 entry
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