''Vanda falcata'' subsp. ''xichangensis'' is a subspecies of ''
Vanda falcata
''Vanda falcata'', also known as 风兰 (feng lan) in Chinese, 풍란 (pungnan) in Korean, 風蘭 (fūran) in Japanese, or the ''wind orchid'' in English, is a species of orchid found in China, Korea, and Japan. It was formerly classified in the ...
''. It is an epiphytic
orchid
Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan plants that are found in almost every habitat on Eart ...
native to Southwest Sichuan, China.
Description
The morphology closely resembles ''Vanda falcata'', however the spur is shorter.
[Motes, M. R. (2021). The Natural Genus ''Vanda'': A Monograph. USA: Redland Press.]
Conservation
Like all orchids, it is protected under the CITES appendix II regulations of international trade.
References
xichangensis
Orchids of China
Flora of China
Endemic flora of China
Epiphytic orchids
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