Orchidaceae
Purple lip-spur orchid
Vanda ampullacea
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Vanda
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 鳥舌蘭, 鸟舌兰, 莲生桂子花
- English
- Purple lip-spur orchid
- Malayalam
- വാൻഡ അമ്പുല്ലേസി
- Russian
- Аскоцентрум пузырчатый, Аскоцентрум ампуллацеум
- Thai
- เอื้องเข็มม่วง
- Vietnamese
- Hỏa hoàng đỏ
Synonyms
- Aerides ampullacea Roxb.
- Ascocentrum ampullaceum (Roxb.) Schltr.
- Ascocentrum ampullaceum var. aurantiacum Pradhan
- Gastrochilus ampullaceus (Roxb.) Kuntze
- Oeceoclades ampullacea (Roxb.) Lindl. ex Voigt
- Saccolabium ampullaceum (Roxb.) Lindl.
Photos
Photo: Badlydrawnboy22, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Purple lip-spur orchid: [Sikkim, India] Distribution: Nepal to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China (36 CHC 40 ASS BAN EHM NEP WHM 41 AND LAO MYA THA VIE) Lifeform: Epiphytic cham. Basiony](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Vanda_ampullacea_%28Roxb.%29_L.M.Gardiner%2C_Phytotaxa_61_48_%282012%29_%2849710646412%29.jpg/1280px-Vanda_ampullacea_%28Roxb.%29_L.M.Gardiner%2C_Phytotaxa_61_48_%282012%29_%2849710646412%29.jpg)
Photo: Motohiro SUNOUCHI, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Purple lip-spur orchid: [Sikkim, India] Distribution: Nepal to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China (36 CHC 40 ASS BAN EHM NEP WHM 41 AND LAO MYA THA VIE) Lifeform: Epiphytic cham. Basiony](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Vanda_ampullacea_%28Roxb.%29_L.M.Gardiner%2C_Phytotaxa_61_48_%282012%29_%2849710594697%29.jpg/1280px-Vanda_ampullacea_%28Roxb.%29_L.M.Gardiner%2C_Phytotaxa_61_48_%282012%29_%2849710594697%29.jpg)
Photo: Motohiro SUNOUCHI, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Purple lip-spur orchid: [Sikkim, India] Distribution: Nepal to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China (36 CHC 40 ASS BAN EHM NEP WHM 41 AND LAO MYA THA VIE) Lifeform: Epiphytic cham. Basiony](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Vanda_ampullacea_%28Roxb.%29_L.M.Gardiner%2C_Phytotaxa_61_48_%282012%29_%2849710634742%29.jpg/1280px-Vanda_ampullacea_%28Roxb.%29_L.M.Gardiner%2C_Phytotaxa_61_48_%282012%29_%2849710634742%29.jpg)
Photo: Motohiro SUNOUCHI, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Purple lip-spur orchid: [Sikkim, India] Distribution: Nepal to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China (36 CHC 40 ASS BAN EHM NEP WHM 41 AND LAO MYA THA VIE) Lifeform: Epiphytic cham. Basiony](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Vanda_ampullacea_%28Roxb.%29_L.M.Gardiner%2C_Phytotaxa_61_48_%282012%29_%2849710324896%29.jpg/1280px-Vanda_ampullacea_%28Roxb.%29_L.M.Gardiner%2C_Phytotaxa_61_48_%282012%29_%2849710324896%29.jpg)
Photo: Motohiro SUNOUCHI, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Purple lip-spur orchid: [Sikkim, India] Distribution: Nepal to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China (36 CHC 40 ASS BAN EHM NEP WHM 41 AND LAO MYA THA VIE) Lifeform: Epiphytic cham. Basiony](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Vanda_ampullacea_%28Roxb.%29_L.M.Gardiner%2C_Phytotaxa_61_48_%282012%29_%2849710324091%29.jpg/1280px-Vanda_ampullacea_%28Roxb.%29_L.M.Gardiner%2C_Phytotaxa_61_48_%282012%29_%2849710324091%29.jpg)
Photo: Motohiro SUNOUCHI, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Purple lip-spur orchid: [Sikkim, India] Distribution: Nepal to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China (36 CHC 40 ASS BAN EHM NEP WHM 41 AND LAO MYA THA VIE) Lifeform: Epiphytic cham. Basiony](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Vanda_ampullacea_%28Roxb.%29_L.M.Gardiner%2C_Phytotaxa_61_48_%282012%29_%2849709787868%29.jpg/1280px-Vanda_ampullacea_%28Roxb.%29_L.M.Gardiner%2C_Phytotaxa_61_48_%282012%29_%2849709787868%29.jpg)
Photo: Motohiro SUNOUCHI, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Purple lip-spur orchid: [Sikkim, India] Distribution: Nepal to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China (36 CHC 40 ASS BAN EHM NEP WHM 41 AND LAO MYA THA VIE) Lifeform: Epiphytic cham. Basiony](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Vanda_ampullacea_%28Roxb.%29_L.M.Gardiner%2C_Phytotaxa_61_48_%282012%29_%2849710325201%29.jpg/1280px-Vanda_ampullacea_%28Roxb.%29_L.M.Gardiner%2C_Phytotaxa_61_48_%282012%29_%2849710325201%29.jpg)
Photo: Motohiro SUNOUCHI, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Purple lip-spur orchid: [Sikkim, India] Distribution: Nepal to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China (36 CHC 40 ASS BAN EHM NEP WHM 41 AND LAO MYA THA VIE) Lifeform: Epiphytic cham. Basiony](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Vanda_ampullacea_%28Roxb.%29_L.M.Gardiner%2C_Phytotaxa_61_48_%282012%29_%2849709793578%29.jpg/1280px-Vanda_ampullacea_%28Roxb.%29_L.M.Gardiner%2C_Phytotaxa_61_48_%282012%29_%2849709793578%29.jpg)
Photo: Motohiro SUNOUCHI, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Purple lip-spur orchid: [Sikkim, India] Distribution: Nepal to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China (36 CHC 40 ASS BAN EHM NEP WHM 41 AND LAO MYA THA VIE) Lifeform: Epiphytic cham. Basiony](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Vanda_ampullacea_%28Roxb.%29_L.M.Gardiner%2C_Phytotaxa_61%2C_48_%282012%29_-_Flickr_-_sunoochi.jpg/1280px-Vanda_ampullacea_%28Roxb.%29_L.M.Gardiner%2C_Phytotaxa_61%2C_48_%282012%29_-_Flickr_-_sunoochi.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.