Vanda garayi (Christenson) L.M.Gardiner, Phytotaxa

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 239-240

Vanda garayi (Christenson) L.M.Gardiner, Phytotaxa 61: 50, 2012

Basionym: Ascocentrum garayi Christenson, Lindleyana 7: 89, 1992.

Specimens examined:— SAGAING. Kale District : fide Aung et al. (2020: 105) . BAGO and YANGON. Unspecified: fide Saw Lwin (2004: 4, left hand photo identified as Ascocentrum miniatum ).

Distribution:— Central Myanmar, Thailand and Indochina.

Vanda liouvillei Finet, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 2: 299, 1913. Type :— MYANMAR. Without locality, cult. Liouville s.n. (holotype: P)

Specimens examined:— UPPER MYANMAR. Burke s.n. (K), det. E. A. Christenson & M. Motes. MANDALAY. Myingyan District: 8 May 2005, Khin Myo Htwe 6 (TNS [s]), fide Tanaka et al. (2015: 88); same loc., 9 May 2005, Khin Myo Htwe 20 (TNS [s]), fide Tanaka et al. (2015: 88); same loc., 20 Apr 2006, Khin Myo Htwe 035062 (MBK, TI); same loc., 1 May 2006, Khin Myo Htwe 106 (MBK [s], TNS), fide Tanaka et al. (2015: 88); same loc., Apr 2010, Saw Lwin et al. MPO s.n. (SING). WITHOUT LOCALITY. Type; Moore s.n. (K), det. E. A. Christenson & M. Motes.

Distribution:— Myanmar and Thailand.

Notes:— See comment on natural hybrids under V. bensonii . There is also a record for northeastern India, but this seems to represent a different taxon.

Vanda longitepala D.L.Roberts, L.M.Gardiner & Motes, Kew Bull. 63: 495, 2008. Type:— MYANMAR. Kachin State: Myitkyina District , 1200−1500 m, 6 May 1928, Kermode 17331 (holotype: K; isotype: AMES)

Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Myitkyina District : type. Distribution:— Endemic .

Vanda petersiana Schltr., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 280, 1918. Type :— MYANMAR. Without locality, Jun 1915, cult. Hennis s.n. (holotype: B, destroyed)

Specimen examined:— WITHOUT LOCALITY. Type .

Distribution:— Endemic.

Note:— Figured in Schlechter (1934: t. 74-295). The floral sketch of a supposed isotype by Seidenfaden (1988: 200) appears to represents a form of V. bensonii . Indeed, it is possible that V. petersiana is a hybrid between V. bensonii and V. cristata .