Orchidaceae

Blue orchid

Vanda coerulea Griff. ex Lindl.

Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Vanda

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Common names

By language (11)

Arabic: فندة لازوردية
arz: فاندا لازورديه
Assamese: নীলা ভান্দা
Bangla: নীল রাস্না
Chinese: 大花万代兰, 大花萬代蘭
Dutch: Blauwe vanda
English: Blue orchid, Autumn Lady's tresses, Blue vanda
Hungarian: Kék vanda, Kék pártáskosbor
Malayalam: നീല മരവാഴ, Autumn Lady's Tresses, Blue Vanda
Manipuri: ꯀ꯭ꯋꯥꯛꯂꯩ
Russian: Ванда голубая

Synonyms

Vanda coerulea f. delicata (Rolfe) Christenson
Vanda coerulea f. luwangalba Kishor
Vanda coerulea f. rogersii (Rolfe) Christenson
Vanda coerulea unranked delicata Rolfe
Vanda coerulea var. grandiflora Carrière
Vanda coerulea var. hennisiana Schltr.
Vanda coerulea var. peetersiana Cogn.
Vanda coerulea var. rogersii Rolfe
Vanda peetersiana (Cogn.) André

Photos

Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jigu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: gregor, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Rejoice Gassah, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rejoice Gassah, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Steinsplitter, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Steinsplitter, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Lomas, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nidhi Ganguly, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.