| 释义 |
Vanda Bot.|ˈvændə|
[mod.L., a. Skr. and Hindī vandā.]
A genus of epiphytal orchids, native to tropical Asia, characterized by large showy flowers borne in racemes; a plant of this genus.
1801Encycl. Brit. Suppl. II. 738/1. 1844 Florist's Jrnl. (1846) V. 57 The Vandas, Saccolabiums, and Dendrobiums of India. 1882Garden 21 Jan. 35/2, I herewith send you a dried flower of the blue Vanda, which is now flowering.
Comb.1837Penny Cycl. IX. 480/1 Dendrobiums and Vanda-like plants. 1844Florist's Jrnl. (1846) V. 55 The flowers of this beautiful vanda-like plant. |