Orchidaceae

Vanda falcata (Thunb.) Beer

Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Vanda

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Vanda falcata (Vanda falcata) — FlowerPhoto: 王天, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (9)

arz: نيوفينيتيا فالكاتا
Bulgarian: Неофинетия фалката, Сърповидна неофинетия
Chinese: 風蘭, 风兰, 象牙草
French: Orchidée des samouraïs, Samurai orchid
Japanese: フウラン, 風蘭
Korean: 풍란, 꼬리난초
mnc: ᡝᡩᡠᠩᡤᡝ ᡧᡠᠩᡴᡝᡵᡳ ᡳᠯᡥᠠ
Russian: Неофинетия серповидная
Ukrainian: Неофінетія серпоподібна

Synonyms

Aerides thunbergii Miq.
Angorchis falcata (Thunb.) Kuntze
Angraecopsis falcata (Thunb.) Schltr.
Angraecum falcatum (Thunb.) Lindl.
Finetia falcata (Thunb.) Schltr.
Holcoglossum falcatum (Thunb.) Garay & H.R.Sweet
Limodorum falcatum (Thunb.) Thunb.
Neofinetia falcata (Thunb.) Hu
Nipponorchis falcata (Thunb.) Masam.
Oeceoclades falcata (Thunb.) Lindl.
Orchis falcata Thunb.
Vanda pygmaea H.Laurentius

Flowers

In flower: April (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: 王天, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: 王天, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Genevieve Early, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 王天, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 王天明, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 王天, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.