!Doritis pulcherrima Lindley 1832 Photo by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website

Lighter Color Form Photo by Jesus Cid

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Common Name Yhe Beautiful Doritis - In Thailand - Ya Dawk Hin - Ma Wing

Flower Size 1/2 to 2" [1.25 to 5 cm]

A hot to warm growing lithophytic or terrestrial orchid in sandy soils found in the Chinese Himalayas, Assam India, Myanamar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Yunnan China, Vietnam, Borneo and Sumatra at elevations of 100 to 1300 meters in evergreen, lowland forests along canyons of montane streams and rivers in bright humid environments with a short, leafy stem, carrying oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, obtuse to subacute leaves a simple, erect to 3' [90 cm] tall, inflorescence carrying many flowers of which to 10 may be open at oncc with the inflorescence lengthening as the bloom season lenghtens and occuring in all Southeast Asia requiring even watering and fertilizer through out the year. It is the same as Phalaenopsis in it's cultural necessities yet requires more light to flower well.

Synonyms Doritis pulcherrima f. albiflora (Rchb.f.) Roeth & O.Gruss 1999; Phalaenopsis antennifera Rchb.f 1879; Phalaenopsis buyssoniana Rchb. f. 1888; Phalaenopsis esmeralda Rchb.f 1874; Phalaenopsis esmeralda var. albiflora Rchb.f. 1877; Phalaenopsis esmeralda var rubra Hort. ex Stein 1892; Phalaenopsis mastersii King & OPantl. 1897; Phalaenopsis pulcherrima [Lindley] J.J.Smith 1933; Phalaenopsis pulcherrima f. alba (O.Gruss & Roeth) E.A.Christenson 2001; Phalaenopsis pulcherrima f. albiflora (Rchb.f.) Christenson 2001

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1862; Xenia Orchidaceae Vol 3 Reichenbach 1896 as Phalaenopsis antennifera drawing fide; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95 as Phalaenopsis esmeralda; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 9 1958 drawing as Phalaenopsis esmeralda; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 10 1958 drawing as D wightii; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing, photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 31 No 10 1962 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 48 No 9 1979 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 51 No 12 1982 photo; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 8 1997 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 12 1997 photo; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; AOS Bulletin Vol 71 No 7 2002 photo; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2002; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 4 2003 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 2 2004 photo; Australian Orchid Review Vol 72 No 4 2007 photo;

Doritis pulcherrima f. alba O.Gruss & J.Roeth 1999 Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by

A white color form of the previous species.

Synonyms Phalaenopsis pulcherrima f. alba (O.Gruss & Roeth) E.A.Christenson 2001

Doritis pulcherrima Lindley var coerulea Fowlie 1969 Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders

A blue color form of the previous species.

Synonyms Doritis pulcherrima f. caerulea (Fowlie) O.Gruss & Roeth 1999; Doritis pulcherrima var. caerulea Fowlie 1969; Phalaenopsis pulcherrima f. caerulea (Fowlie) Christenson 2001;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 5 2005 photo

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