Phalaenopsis mysorensis C.J.Saldanha 1974

SUBGENUS Phalaenopsis SECTION Deliciosae E. A. Christ 1986 Photo by © Suranjan Fernando- Sri Lanka Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria

Common Name The Mysore Phalaenopsis

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in southern India 750 to 1800 meters as a mini-miniature sized epiphyte with a very short stem carrying 1 to 3, oblong-eeliptic, conduplicate at the subpetiolate base leaf that blooms in the fall on a terete, short, .4 to 4" [1 to 8 cm] long, purplish violet, few flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acute floral bracts

CAUTION I have no way of verifing this determination so use with caution

Synonyms Doritis mysorensis (C.J.Saldanha) T.Yukawa & K.Kita 2005; Kingidium mysorense (C.J.Saldanha) C.S.Kumar 1994; Kingidium niveum C.S.Kumar 1994; Polychilos mysorensis (C.J.Saldanha) Shim 1982

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Phalaenopsis A Monograph EA Christenson 2001; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 as Kingidium niveum; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007

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