Phalaenopsis schilleriana Rchb.f 1860 SUBGENUS Phalaenopsis SECTION Phalaenopsis Benth 1883 Photo courtesy Jay Pfahl.

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Common Name Schiller's Phalaenopsis [German Orchid Enthusiast 1800's]

Flower Size less than 3 1/2" [8 to 9 cm]

A larger, stout, epiphytic plant with stout, short, stems enveloped by imbricate leaf bases carrying fleshy, elliptic, oblong-ellptic, to oblanceolate, obtuse, dark green mottled silver grey leaves , found high up on the tree, from Luzon and other smaller surrounding islands of The Philippines in rainforest at elevations of 0 to 450 meters, which is a hot grower that likes shade, good humidity and even watering year round which will produce flowers in the spring on a branching, arching to pendant, to more than 3' [90 cm] long, few to many [3 to 250] flowered inflorescence with small ovate-cucullate bracts with showy, delicate, fragrant flowers that can be quite stunning.

Synonyms Phalaenopsis schilleriana f. immaculata (Rchb.f.) Christenson2001; Phalaenopsis schilleriana var compacta nana Hort. 1890; Phalaenopsis schilleriana var delicata Dean 1877; Phalaenopsis schilleriana var grandiflora van Brero 1935; Phalaenopsis schilleriana var. immaculata Rchb.f. 1875; Phalaenopsis schilleriana var major J D Hook ex Rolfe 1886; Phalaenopsis schilleriana var odorata van Brero 1935; Phalaenopsis schilleriana var pallida Val & Tiu 1984; Phalaenopsis schilleriana var purpurea O'Brien 1892; Phalaenopsis schilleriana var splendens Warn. 1878; Phalaenopsis schilleriana var viridi-maculata Ducharte 1862

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1862 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 7 1985 photo; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Phalaenopsis, A Monograph EA Christenson 2001; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001; Australian Orchid Review Vol 67 No 4 2002 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 8 2003 photo; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 3 2004; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 8 2004 photo;

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