Wight's Vanda
Vanda wightii
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Goa, Kerala
- Flowering
- September-December
How to identify Wight's Vanda
Identify Wight's Vanda by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Raceme.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Goa, Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Orchidaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Wight's Vanda.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Vanda wightii
- Genus
- Vanda
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Goa, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-December
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (VU)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Orchidaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
- Flower arrangement
- RacemerecordedIndividual stalked flowers arranged along a central stem, opening from bottom to top.“Inflorescence a simple and axillary raceme, 6–17 cm long with 2.5–3 mm thick peduncle;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Wight's Vanda itself; the rest are typical of the Orchidaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Wight's Vanda
Wight's Vanda (Vanda wightii) is a herb in the Orchidaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Goa and Kerala. It grows in deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to December.
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
Wight's Vanda belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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