Waling-waling (Vanda sanderiana) is known as "The Queen of Philippine flowers". It is a beautiful flower in orchidaceae family, commonly known as Waling-waling or Sander's Vanda. This orchid is worshipped as a diwata by the indigenous Bagobo people and was described by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach in 1882.
Geographical distribution :
It is native to the Philippines and also occurs endemically on the island of Mindanao.
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Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Angiosperms
Order : Orchidales
Family : Orchidaceae
Genus : Vanda
Species : sanderiana
Binomial name : Vanda sanderiana (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
Its leaves are 30-40 cm long. Flowers are fragrant with 7 to 10 flowered raceme. The flower has wide and colourful petals. The dorsal flower petal is slightly pink and tinted white. The internal whorls are smaller and the concave lip is usually brown-yellow with red streaks on the inside. It blooms only once a year, between the months of July and October.
- It is widely used as an ornamental flower (rarest and most expensive orchid). Ethnobotanical uses are not yet reported.
References
- Vanda sanderiana (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.; The Plant List; www.theplantlist.org.; Retrieved 2019-10-06
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