Phalaenopsis celebensis Sweet 1980SUBGENUS Phalaenopsis SECTION Stauroglottis [Schauer] Benth 1881 Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Another Flower and Angle Photo courtesy of Peter Zerche and His Website

Inflorescence Photo courtesy of Jean Claude George.

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Common Name The Celebes Phalaenopsis

Flower Size 1 1/4" [3 cm]

Found in the Celebes Isalnds, now called Sulawesi, as a miniature epiphyte with dark green, mottled with silver grey leaves that blooms in July and August on a lateral, arching then pendant, 16" [40 cm] long, purplish-green, racemose or paniculate, many flowered inflorescence with small bracts and successively opening flowers, starting at the base of the inflorescence and should have year-round waterings and full shade.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Digest Vol 55 No 2 1991 photo fide; Phalaenopsis, A Monograph EA Christenson 2001; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 1 O'Byrne 2001 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002;

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