Phalaenopsis amabilis (L.) Blume

in Bijdr. 7: 294 (1825).

Synonymes

Cymbidium amabile (L.) Roxburgh in Hort. Beng. 63 (1814).

Epidendrum amabile L. in Sp. Pl.: 953 (1753). (basionyme)

Phalaenopsis gloriosa Rchb.f. in Gard. Chron. 554 (1888).

Phalaenopsis grandiflora Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 39 (1848).

Phalaenopsis pleibury Burgeff in Cat. Bot. Gard. Wuerzburg (1968).

Phalaenopsis rimestadiana (Linden) Rolfe in Orch. Rev. 13: 260 (1905).

Synadena amabilis (L.) Rafinesque in Fl. Tellur. 4: 9 (1838).

Répartition

Australie, Bismarck, Borneo, Inde, Java, Moluques, Nouvelle Guinée, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatra.

Australie : Queensland.

Borneo : Sabah, Sarawak.

Philippines : Palawan, Tawi-Tawi.

Floraison : JFMA__J____D. Altitude de 1500 à 1500 m.

Description sommaire

Plante épiphyte. Taille de 0 à 75 cm. Fleurs de 2 à 8, blanches, jaunes. Sépale dorsal elliptique, ovale, de 30-45 × 15-27 mm. Sépales latéraux elliptiques, ovales, de 30-50 × 10-25 mm. Pétales elliptiques, ovales, de 30-45 × 25-50 mm. Labelle trilobé, de 10-12 × 13-15 mm.

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