via Species <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> > V <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/v> > *Vanda testacea* (Lindl.) Rchb.f. ... (family: Orchidaceae) [image: Vanda testacea (Lindl.) Rchb.f.]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/7260544418/>
[image: Flowers of India]<http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Small%20Flowered%20Vanda.html> [image: Discussions at efloraofindia]<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Vanda%20testacea> [image: more views in flickr]<http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Vandatestacea&m=tags&z=m> [image: more views on Google Earth]<http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/india/&tags=Vandatestacea&format=kml_nl> *VAN-duh* -- from Sanskrit, referring to the *Vanda* orchids and some other epiphytic plants ... Dave's Botanary<http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/> *test-uh-SEE-uh* -- shell covered, referring to fruit covering ... Dictionary of Botanical Epithets <http://www.winternet.com/%7Echuckg/dictionary.html> *commonly known as*: the small flowered vanda<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/the-small-flowered-vanda>• *Kannada*: ¿ ಕಿರಿ ರಾಸ್ನಾ<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/kiri-rasna-kiri-raasna>? kiri raasna<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/kiri-rasna-kiri-raasna>• *Marathi*: पिवळी वंदा pivali vanda<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/pivali-vanda-pivali-vanda> *botanical names*: *Vanda testacea* (Lindl.) Rchb.f. ... *synonyms*: *Aerides testacea* Lindl. • *Aerides wightiana* Lindl. • *Aerides wrightiana* Lindl. ex Wall. [Invalid] • *Vanda parviflora* Lindl. • *Vanda vitellina* Kraenzl. ... The Plants List <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-211557> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Photographed at Yeoor Hills (part of Sanjay Gandhi National Park) ... 20 MAY 12 Need help on resolving the Kannada name *kiri raasna* ... referred ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4064&parname=0> Please validate the name put in native script: ಕಿರಿ ರಾಸ್ನಾ Regards. Dinesh
