Vanda ampullacea
A compact monopodial epiphyte, long grown as Ascocentrum ampullaceum, from seasonal forests between the eastern Himalayas and southern Yunnan. It carries upright spikes of small rose-magenta flowers in spring, after a cool, fairly dry winter. Grow it mounted or in a basket in strong, bright light with warm, humid summers and a clearly cooler, drier winter.
Where it grows wild
Grows on trunks and branches of forest trees (collectors' labels read 'on trees' and 'epiphyte on forest tree') in seasonally dry evergreen and mixed forest, usually on well-lit upper branches and forest edges rather than deep in the shade.
Wild herbarium records carry elevations from about 390 m to 1,520 m, with most between 850 and 1,300 m (foothill and lower montane forest).
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