Paraphalaenopsis labukensis [P.S. Shim] A. Lamb & C.L. Chan. 1981 Photo by © Lourens Grobler
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Common Name The Labuk River Paraphalaenopsis [Sabah in Borneo]
Flower Size 2.5" [6.2 cm] wide
This is a giant sized [in width], hot to warm, pendent growing epiphytic, terete-leafed species with, 3 to 5, pendulous, cylindrical, caniculate, fleshy leaves and blooms on an erect to pendulous, short to 3.2" [8 cm], axillary, 5 to 15 flowered inflorescence with ovate-triangular, obtuse floral bracts cinnamon scented flowers occuring in the spring. They are similar in cultural requirements to Phalaenopsis but differ in needing to be mounted or in baskets to accomodate the pendant growth habit. Paraph. labukensis occurs in Sabah Borneo (named after the Labuk valley) and grows on trees in hill forests on ultramafic rocks above valleys, at about 500-1000 meters in elevation; their leaves can exceed 2 meters in cultivation.
Synonyms Phalaenopsis labukensis (P.S.Shim, A.Lamb & C.L.Chan) P.S.Shim 1982
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 4 1981 photo fide; AOS Bulletin No 63 No 11 1994 photo; Orchids of Borneo Vol 1 Chan, Lamb, Shim & Wood 1994 drawing/photo fide; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Beaman, Wood, Beaman & Beaman 1993 photo fide; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; AOS Bulletin Vol 64 No 10 1995 photo; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 2 2008 photo good; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 1 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing/photo fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide
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