The orchid beauty Vanda tricolor var. suavis (Lindl.) Rchb.f.1864, an epiphytic, lithophytic or terrestrially growing orchid species, native to North Thailand, Laos and Indonesia (Java) has primarily been classified in 1848 as Vanda suavis by the father of the science of orchids Sir John Lindley (1799-1865). The German botanist Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1823-1889) changed the name for this splendid orchid in Vanda tricolor var. suavis in 1864. The highly fragrant flowers
get a size of about 7 cm.
Flowering period: Autumn - Winter.

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Image: Vanda tricolor var. suavis (Lindl.) Rchb.f.1864