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Purple Spotted Vanda

Naples Botanical Gardens

Annual Orchid Show

Southwest Florida

USA

 

Vanda is a genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae) which, although not massive (about eighty species), is one of the genera more commonly found in the marketplace. This genus and its allies are considered to be among the most specifically adapted of all orchids within Orchidaceae.

 

The genus is highly prized in horticulture for its showy, fragrant, long lasting, and intensely colorful flowers. Vanda is widespread across East Asia, Southeast Asia, and New Guinea, with a few species extending into Queensland and some of the islands of the western Pacific.

 

The genus is sometimes abbreviated as V. in the floral trade. - Wikipedia

 

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