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Shades Of Purple Vanda (Exotic)

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..

Seen in Explore 10-6-09 # 462

 

 

 

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Uploaded on October 7, 2009
Taken on October 6, 2009