<p>Distribution: Nepal to China (S. Yunnan) to Indo-China
36 CHC 40 ASS BAN EHM IND NEP 41 AND LAO MYA THA VIE (60) fij (62) crl (81) cub
</p><p>Found in
Asia-Temperate China China South-Central
Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Indo-China Andaman Is., Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
</p><p>Introduced into
Pacific Northwestern Pacific Caroline Is., Southwestern Pacific Fiji
</p><p>Homotypic Synonyms:
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<ul><li>Dendrobium teres Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 485 (1832).</li></ul><p>Vanda teres (Roxb.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 217 (1833).
(* Basionym/Replaced Synonym)
</p><p>Heterotypic Synonyms:
Vanda teres var. candida Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 4: 225 (1875).
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Papilionanthe teres f. candida (Rchb.f.) Christenson, Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 63: 1375 (1994).
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