Phalaenopsis javanica J.J.Sm. 1918

Plant and Flower

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Common Name The Javanese Phalaenopsis

Flower Size 1 1/5" [3 cm]

Found on the island of Java as a hot to warm growing epiphyte with many glossy, elliptic-obovate leaves tapering to the base and apically acute or obtuse that blooms on a suberect, racemose, sometimes branching, to 10" [25 cm] long, rhachis fractiflex, few flowered inflorescence with triangular, acute-acuminateconcave floral bracts with fleshy, cupped flowers.

Synonyms Phalaenopsis javanica f. alba O.Gruss & Roellke ex Christenson 2001; Phalaenopsis latisepala Rolfe 1920; Polychilos javanica ( J.J.Sm. ) P.S.Shim 1982