Vanda coelestis

Vanda coelestis is a species of orchid native to Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.

[1] These epiphytic herbs form distiched, hard, deeply grooved, arching leaves that are up to 17 cm long and 2 cm wide.

The 20 to 50 fragrant, white, pink or blue flowers, 2.2 cm wide, are in dense, upright racemes.

The spur is flat but the distal half is curved forward.

[4] The specific epithet coelestis, derived from the Latin caelum meaning the sky, heavenly, refers to the blue floral colouration.

Closeup view of Vanda coelestis inflorescence