Checkered vanda
മരവഞ്ചിरास्नाদেশি রাস্না
Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook. ex G.Don
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 46 cm
- wide
- —
Orchidaceae
Also called Checkered Vanda, Grey orchid
Formerly Aerides tessellata, Cymbidium tessellatum, Epidendrum tessellatum
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Epiphytic subshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Indian Subcontinent to China (Yunnan) and Indo-ChinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellow, purple, blue, brownRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (6)
- Chinese (China)
- 网格万代兰
- Malayalam
- മരവഞ്ചി
- Marathi
- रास्ना
- Odia
- ରାସ୍ନା
- Chinese
- 黑珊瑚万代兰
- Bangla
- দেশি রাস্না
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, Public domain
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Vanda tessellata (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.