Phalaenopsis X intermedia Lindl. 1852-3 SUBGENUS Polychilos SECTION Zebrinae Pfitz 1889 Photo courtesy of Joji Castaneda-Lapuz

Common NameThe Intermediate Phalaenopsis

Flower Size 2.8" [7 cm]

Found in the philipines where it is spreading through gardens as a small sized hot growing epiphyte with a branched, gradually extending, successively up to 6 at once, several flowered inflorescence

A peloric, natural hybrid between P. aphrodite and P. equestris and is an informal variety of P. x intermedia and found only on the island of Leyte in the Philippines.

Synonyms Phalaenopsis × brymeriana Rchb.f. 1876; Phalaenopsis × delicata Rchb.f. 1882; Phalaenopsis × intermedia var. porteri Rchb.f. 1863; Phalaenopsis × porteri (Rchb.f.) Denning 1876; Phalaenopsis × vesta H.J.Veitch 1894

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1862; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Phalaenopsis, A Monograph EA Christenson 2001; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide

Phalaenopsis X intermedia Lindl. 1852-3 var deizii Subgenus Phalaenopsis Sect. Phalaenopsis Benth 1883 Photo courtesy of Kevin and Debi Johnson and Discover Orchids Inc.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984;

Phalaenopsis X intermedia Lindl. 1852-3 var red SUBGENUS Polychilos SECTION Zebrinae Pfitz 1889 Photo courtesy of Joji Castaneda-Lapuz

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