Vanda

Key to the species of Vanda View in CoL from Arunachal Pradesh

1. Stem 15–20 cm long ........................................... 2

1. Stem 25–90 cm long ........................................... 4

2. Inflorescence 3−4.5 cm long; flowers 3.5–4.5 cm across ..................................................... V. cristata View in CoL

2. Inflorescence 5−25 cm long; flowers 1.5–2 cm across ................................................................... 3 3. Flowers deep pinkish red; lip simple .... V. ampullacea View in CoL

3. Flowers cream-yellow, lip white, purple or reddish pink; lip 3-lobed ...................... V. testacea View in CoL

4. Inflorescence shorter than leaves, 2–7 cm ........ 6

4. Inflorescence longer than leaves, 10–40 cm ..... 5

5. Flowers 2−2.5 cm across, white tinged with pale blue .................................................. V. coerulescens View in CoL

5. Flowers 8−10 cm across, blue ............. V. coerulea View in CoL

6. Flowers less than 4 cm across ............................ 7

6. Flowers more than 4 cm across.......................... 9

7. Lip spurred ............................................. V. pumila View in CoL

7. Lip not spurred.................................................... 8

8. Leaves broadly linear to oblong, apex unequally 2-lobed ..................................................... V. alpina View in CoL

8. Leaves weakly curved, oblong, apex unequally 3-lobed ................................................. V. griffithii View in CoL

9. Flowers greenish yellow .................................. 10

9. Flowers brownish purple ................................. 11

10. Apical portion of lip possess two distinct horn like structures .................................. V. longipetala

10. Apical portion of lip broadly bilobulate ............ .. ............................................................. V. motesiana View in CoL

11. Inflorescence 5−10 cm long, laxly 4−6-flowered.

............................................................................................ V. bicolor View in CoL

11. Inflorescence 15−25 cm long, 6−10-flowered ... 12

12.Sepals and petals yellow with brown tessellation, lip bluish-purple ................................. V. tessellata View in CoL

12.Sepals and petals greenish to ochre-coloured, with purplish-brown tessellation, lip white with yellow and mauve spots ................... V. stangeana View in CoL