Vanda roeblingiana, Roebelen's vanda, is a species of orchid endemic to the mountain provinces of the island of Luzon in the Philippines.[2] Hugh Low, a British colonial administrator and naturalist introduced the plant to London in 1893.[3] The next year, Robert Allen Rolfe, an English botanist formally described the plant and thought it was originally collected from the vicinity of Singapore or Peninsular Malaysia.[4] Low, who works in Clapton Nursery had collecting expedition to Southeast Asia with Singapore as headquarter.
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References
- ^ "Vanda roeblingiana". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ Teoh, Eng-Soon (2005). "Orchids of Asia". Times Editions-Marshall Cavendish. Third Edition: 234. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ Bulletin of miscellaneous information (1894 ed.). London: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1894. p. 365. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ Cootes, Jim; Boos, Ronny (September 25, 2016). "Three unique Philippine Vanda species". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
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