Phalaenopsis minus [Seidenfaden] E. A. Christenson 2001 SUBGENUS Aphyllae [Sweet] Christ 2001 Photo by Eric Hunt, plant grown by Scott Dallas of White Oak Orchids
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Common Name The Quite Small Phalaenopsis
Flower Size 5/8" [1.8 cm]
Found in northeastern Thailand and Burma as a miniature sized, warm to hot growing epiphyte witha short stem with rather broad, fleshy leaves that blooms in the late summer and early fall on a lateral to pendant, elongating, intermittently 2 to 3 flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Doritis minus (Seidenf.) T.Yukawa & K.Kita 2005; *Kingidium minus Seidenfadden 1988; Phalaenopsis minor (Seidenf.) Christenson 2001
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 1 O'Byrne 2001 as Kingidium minus photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 3 2003 photo;
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