Botanical name: Vanda karinae    Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Ascocentrum ampullaceum var. aurantiacum

Manipur Orange Vanda is a tree-dwelling orchid, tree-dwelling herbs 5 to 11 cm tall by 12 cm broad. It is has for long been confused with Flask-Shaped Vanda. Leaves are strap-like, flat, lightly bitten-off at tip, 9 cm long by 1.6 cm broad. Inflorescence is an erect spike 4 cm tall with 15-20 concolor orange flowers 1.2 cm long by 1.8 cm broad. Dorsal sepal is lanceshaped, 0.8 cm long by 0.3 cm broad, Petals and lateral sepals lanceshaped 0.8 cm long by 0.3 cm broad. Lip midlobe is lingulate, pointed at the downwardly curved tip, 0.3 cm long by 0.1 cm broad. Spur is cylindrical, curved backward, 0.7 cm long by 0.1 cm broad but inflated near tip to 0.2 cm. Column is 0.3 cm long by 0.1 broad. Ovary is orange, 0.7 cm long by 0.1 cm broad, pollen violet. Manipur Orange Vanda is endemic to Manipur. Flowering: March-May.

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