Phalaenopsis philippinensis Golamco ex Fowlie & C.Z.Tang 1987 SUBGENUS Phalaenopsis SECTION Phalaenopsis
Photos by © Milan Vágner
Common Name The Philippine Phalaenopsis
Flower Size 2 3/4" [7 cm]
Found only in the Philippines on the island of Luzon at elevations up to 1200 meters as a small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with dark green, mottled with silver leaves that blooms on an axillary, erect to semi-pendulous, to 48" [120 cm] long, freely branching inflorescence carrying slightly fragrant flowers.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 36 #5 1967 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 19/20 1129 - 1264 Brieger 1988; Orchid Digest Vol 55 No 3 1991 photo fide; Orchid Species Culture "P" Bakers 1991; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 photo fide; Phalaenopsis, A Monograph EA Christenson 2001 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 66 #4 2002 photo fide; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 2 2004 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 3 2004 photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 72 No 2 2007 photo; AOS Bulletin vol 78 No 9 2009 photo fide; Philippine Native Orchid Species Cootes 2011 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 77 #4 2013 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #6 2015 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 83 #4 2019 Photo fide
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