65 — Number of the plant
at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7
Classification
► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
► Class Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
► Subclass Liliidae
► Order Orchidales
► Family Orchidaceae - Orchid family
► Subfamily Epidendroideae
► Genus Vanda W. Jones ex R. Br. - Vanda
Synonyms
Aerides tessellatum
Cymbidium allagnata
Cymbidium tessellatum
Cymbidium tesselloides
≡ Epidendrum tesselatum (basinom) Roxb.
Epidendrum tesseloides
(=) Vanda roxburghii R. Br.
Vanda tesselloides
Common names
Orchid (English)
Vanda orchid (English)
Orchidée "Vanda" (French)
Banda (India (Hindi))
Persara (India (Hindi))
Rasna (India (Sanskrit))
Description
Medium-sized fragrant flower with five stiff separated olive green petals with crinkled edges and marked with greenish yellow, and a prominent lavender lip; widely spaced on erect racemes. A heat-loving epiphyte with narrow straplike leaves.
