Miltoniopsis phalaenopsis (Linden & Rchb. f.) Garay & Dunst. 1976
Photo by © Jay Pfahl
Photo by © Patricia Harding
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Common Name The Phalaenopsis-Like Miltoniopsis
Flower Size 2 to 2 1/2" [5 to 5.75 cm]
Found in Cundinarca and Norte de Santander departments of Colombia at elevations of 1200 to 1500 meters in cloud forests in heavy shade and high humidity as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte with ovoid, compressed, pale green pseudobulbs and carries a single, apical, linear, pale green, acuminate leaf that blooms in the late summer and fall on an axillary, basal, 10" [25 cm] long, racemose inflorescence that is shorter than the leaves and carries 3 to 5, flat, rose, lily of the Valley and cyclamen scented flowers.
Synonyms Miltonia phalaenopsis (Linden & Rchb. f.) G. Nicholson 1886; Miltonia pulchella hort. ex Linden 1868; *Odontoglossum phalaenopsis Linden & Rchb. f. 1854
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Bonplandia Rchb.f 1854 as Odontoglossum phalaenopsis; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1855 as Miltonia phalaenopsis; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as Odontoglossum phalaenopsis; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Miltonia phalaenopsis drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 29 No 10 1960 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 1 1963 photo fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Miltonia phalaenopsis photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 3 1970; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 10 1978 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 9 1980 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 50 No 5 1981 drawing fide`4 ; AOS Bulletin Vol 51 No 10 1982 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 60 #2 1991 photo fide; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 3 COS 1991 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 61 No 7 1992 photo fide; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 62 No 9 1993 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 33 - 36 2057 - 2308 Brieger 1997 photo good; Orchid Digest Vol 62 #3 1998 photo fide; Orchids Australia Vol 10 No 3 1998 photo; Orquideologia Vol. 23 No 2 2004 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 24 #2 2006 photo fide; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006; Orchid Digest Vol 71 No 1 2007 photo fide; Libro Rojo de Plantas De Colombia Vol 6 Primera Parte Saenz 2007 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 25 #2 2008 photo fide; AOS Bulletin vol 78 No 9 2009 photo fide; Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko Bermudez 2009 photo fide; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 28 #2 2011 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #2 2011 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #4 2011 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 83 #8 2014 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 80 #2 2016; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #1 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #10 2019 photo fide;
Miltoniopsis phalaenopsis (Linden & Rchb. f.) Garay & Dunst. 1976 var alba
Photo by © Jay Pfahl
A albino form of the previous species. Orquideologia Vol 23 #2 2004 photo fide;
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