Vanda tessellata
A tough, lowland epiphytic Vanda of the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka, with yellow-green flowers checkered in brown. It grows on trees in open, seasonally dry forest and around villages across peninsular India, where it faces hot pre-monsoon weather, a wet monsoon and a dry winter. It wants very bright light, warmth and a drier winter, and grows well bare-root or in a basket.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte on the trunks and branches of trees in dry and moist deciduous forest, open woodland and planted trees, often in exposed positions. Its thick, channelled leaves and heavy aerial roots suit a climate with a long dry season.
Mostly lowland to low hills. Few records carry an elevation; the recorded sites across the Indian plains and plateaus lie mainly below about 1000 m.
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