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Vanda the Purple Beauty

Thanks to my wonderful friend Gina I now know the name of this orchid..Thank you so much Gina!! ; )

 

I looked it up and here is what is says about them...........

 

Native to high elevations in northeast India, China, Burma, and Thailand, Vanda coerulea is prized for its flowers' rich blue, a color rare among cultivated orchids. Wild populations of this orchid are almost nonexistent today because local growers have overharvested them for the international horticulture trade.

 

Although they say a rich blue color the picture they had was more of a purple..

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Uploaded on October 6, 2009
Taken on October 6, 2009