Vanda tricolor is a species of orchid occurring in Laos and from Java, Bali, Lombok and Sumbawa. It was imported to England by Thomas Lobb, the collector for Veitch Nurseries, from the western part of Java in 1846.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Vanda tricolor being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Vanda suavis
- Vanda tessellata
- Vanda perplexa
- Encyclia cordigera
- Trichoglottis luchuensis
- Myrmecophila tibicinis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Vanda
- Species
- Vanda tricolor
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