Vanilla planifolia - Vanilla Orchid

Scientific name: Vanilla planifolia

Common name: Vanilla Orchid, Flat-Leafed Vanilla, Tahitian Vanilla, West Indian Vanilla

Family: Orchidaceae

Origin: Mexico

Category: Vine

Papilionanthe hookeriana - Kinta Orchid

Scientific name: Papilionanthe hookeriana
Synonym: Vanda hookeriana

Common name: Kinta Weed, Kinta Orchid, Swamp Orchid, Pencil Orchid
Family: Orchidaceae

Origin: Native to Perak, Terengganu and Johor in Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak, Borneo and Sumatera
Distribution: Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand.

Category: Climbing Orchid
Photo taken at: Secret Garden of 1-Utama

Vanda Miss Joaquim, the National Flower of Singapore is a hybrid of P. hookeriana and P. teres.

Read more from my NST article, "A Rare Jewel" here.

Arundina graminifolia

Scientific name: Arundina graminifolia
Synonyms: Arundina bambusifolia Lindl., Bletia graminifolia D.Don, Arundina speciosa Blume

Common name: Bamboo Orchid, Tapah Weed, Kinta Weed, Bird orchid.
Chinese name: 竹叶兰 (zhu lan) 竹叶兰 (zhu ye lan)

Family : Ochidaceae

Origin: Tropical Asia
Distribution: Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, South China, Indonesia,
Introduced to and naturalised in Hawaii, Pacific Islands, Panama, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica

Photograph taken: Hotel Seri Malaysia, Genting Highlands.

How to grow: Full sun with lots of water, moist well-drained fertile soil

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Dwarf Arundina

Scientific name: Arundina sp

Common name: Dwarf Arundina, Dwarf grass orchid

Family: Orchidaceae

Origin: South East Asia

Photographs taken at The Secret Garden of 1-Utama

Notes:
These are rare orchids which we may find growing wild along our Malaysian North-South highway, particularly near/along Perak. People have see this plant in Cameron Highlands, Pahang. I haven't see any dwarf arundinas available for sale yet. The plant is about 1 tall and flowers about 2-3cm in diameter.


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