Bot. [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.
1801. Encycl. Brit., Suppl. II. 738/1.
1844. Florist’s Jrnl. (1846), V. 57. The Vandas, Saccolabiums, and Dendrobiums of India.
1882. Garden, 21 Jan., 35/2. I herewith send you a dried flower of the blue Vanda, which is now flowering.
Comb. 1837. Penny Cycl., ix. 480/1. Dendrobiums and Vanda-like plants.
1844. Florist’s Jrnl. (1846), V. 55. The flowers of this beautiful vanda-like plant.
