Mysterious Vanda
Please help. I serve on the National Trust of Zimbabwe Executive Committee. We have an orchid in our collection named after Lady Virginia Courtauld. The information we have to go by reads:-
"The orchid was found by Sir Stephen Courtauld on one of the eastern Java Islands during his travels there sometime before the start of the second world war. It is thought to be a natural hybrid as there have been no others like it found. It is a unique Vanda orchid different to other lombakensis.
Sir Stephen named the orchid, Vanda lombakensis Virginia Courtauld. It was taken by Sir Stephen back to England where it was kept in a glass house at Eltham Palace. It flowered once, then during the second world war the glass house it was in, was bombed. A small piece of the plant was recovered and re potted. It was then brought to Southern Rhodisia when Sir Stephen and Lady Virginia moved to La Rochelle near Umtali present day Mutare. I has only flowered on two occasions before whilst it has been at La Rochelle, with the last being in 1973. The present flowering will be the third time in October 2016."
Please can anyone shed some more light for us regarding the EXACT NAME of this beauty? Much appreciated and thanks in advance. Lin
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