Biology:Vanda roeblingiana
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Short description: Species of orchid
| Vanda roeblingiana | |
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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. roeblingiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Vanda roeblingiana Rolfe (1894)[1]
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Vanda roeblingiana, Roebelen's vanda, is a species of orchid endemic to the mountain provinces of the island of Luzon in the Philippines .[2] Hugh Low, a British colonial administrator and naturalist introduced the plant to London in 1893.[3] The next year, Robert Allen Rolfe, an English botanist formally described the plant and thought it was originally collected from the vicinity of Singapore or Peninsular Malaysia.[4] Low, who works in Clapton Nursery had collecting expedition to Southeast Asia with Singapore as headquarter.
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Specimen plant
Flower
Close-up shot of lip
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See also
- List of the orchids of the Philippines
References
- ↑ "Plant name details". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://www.ipni.org/n/661059-1.
- ↑ Teoh, Eng-Soon (2005). "Orchids of Asia". Times Editions-Marshall Cavendish Third Edition: 234. https://books.google.com/books?isbn=9812610154. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ↑ Bulletin of miscellaneous information (1894 ed.). London: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 1894. p. 365. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127108#page/369/mode/1up. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ↑ Cootes, Jim; Boos, Ronny (September 25, 2016). "Three unique Philippine Vanda species". Manila Bulletin. https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/manila-bulletin/20160925/281530815502929. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q15472035 entry
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