Phalaenopsis parishii Rchb. f. 1865 SUBGENUS Parishianae [Sweet] Christensen 2001 Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Inflorescence Photo by © Milan Vagner

Common Name Parish's Phalaenopsis [English Orchid Collector 1800's - Burma]

Flower Size under 3/4" [under 2 cm]

Found as a miniature, hot to warm growing, miniature epiphyte in the eastern Himalayas, Assam India, Myanamar, Thailand and Vietnam at lower elevations to 500 meters on moss covered trees overhanging streams with elliptic to obovate, fleshy, pendant, leaves and blooms on an arching, 2 to 4 3/4" [5 to 14 cm] long, lightly fractiflex, racemose or rarely paniculate, few to several, densly flowered inflorescence with small floral bracts and 5 to 6 flowers that opens simultaneously occuring in the spring.

Synonyms Aerides decumbens Griff 1851; Grafia parishii [Rchb.f] Hawkes 1966; Polychilos parishii (Rchb. f.) Shim 1982

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Refugium Botanicum Reichenbach 1869 drawing fide; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Orchid Digest Vol 37 No 5 1973 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 48 No 7 1979 photo; Phalaenopsis, A Monograph EA Christenson 2001; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1868 drawing fide; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95 as Aerides decumbens; Schlechteriana Vol 2 No 4 1991; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 drawing fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide

Phalaenopsis parishii Rchb. f. 1865 f nivea Photo by © Wesley Chen

A white color form of the previous species.

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