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Vanda caerulescens, Griff. St. 1-2 ft. high: lvs. 5-7 in. long, deeply channeled, truncate and 2-lobed at the apex: racemes many, slender and pendulous, each bearing about 12 fls.: fls. 1 in. across; sepals and petals obovate, subacute, undulate or twisted, pale lilac-blue; labellum shorter than the sepals, middle lobe cuneate-obovate, with a delicate 2-lobed tip, violet with fleshy dark blue ridges, side lobes small, dark blue. Spring. Burma. B.M. 5834. P.M. 1877:256. G.C. 1870:529. C.O. 13.—Color varies from blue to nearly white. Var. Boxallii, Reichb. f. Fls. pale violet or nearly white; disk of the labellum deep violet with white lines on the sides. B.M. 6328. C.O. 13a. Var. Hennisiana, Schlecht. Fls. similar in color to V. caerulea, with dark blue lip, and slender spur about 1/2 in. long. Var. Regnieri, Andre. Fls. deeper colored. R.H. 1900:634.
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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==Species==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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