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Vanda sanderiana, Reichb. f. St. very leafy: lvs. rigid, fleshy, recurved, 1 ft. long, strap-shaped, truncate, with 2-3 teeth at the apex: raceme bearing about 12 fls. each 5 in. across, with the broad sepals and petals overlapping: sepals orbicular, the dorsal one smaller, pale lilac, dotted at the base, the lower pair tawny yellow veined and tessellated with brownish crimson; petals smaller, rhomboid obovate, colored like the dorsal sepals; lateral lobes of the labellum forming a cup-like base, middle lobe subquadrate, reniform, much smaller than the sepals, dull crimson. Sept. Philippines. B.M. 6983. I.H. 31:532. R.H. 1885:372. Gn. 25:104; 32, p. 399; 49, p. 88; 50, p. 480. J.H. III. 35:535; 57:149; 63:505; 69:199. F.E. 23:454. O. 1909:105. C.O. 12. G.C. II. 20:440. Gng. 6:115.— A very remarkable free-flowering species. Var. Froebeliana, Cogn. Fls. very large, nearly circular in outline, richly colored. Var. roseo-alba, Hort. Upper sepal and petals nearly white with purple spots; lower petals greenish with purple veining.
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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- 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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