Phalaenopsis appendiculata Carr 1929 SUBGENUS Parishianae [Sweet] Christensen 2001
Photo by © Tan Eng Tiek
Photo by The Oman and His Orchid Website
Photo by Nik Fahmi
Common Name The The Small Appendage Phalaenopsis [refers to the longitudinal rows of teeth lateral to the 2 central calli on the lip]
Flower Size
Found in penninsular Malaysia only in the state of Pahang in tropical rainforests on mossy tree branches near streams and riversat elevations of 20 to 100 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte occuring on small branches with a very short stem carrying 2 to 4, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, acute or obtuse leaves with a petiolate clasping base and blooms on a short, few flowered, suberect, racemose, 2" [5 cm] long inflorescence with successive flowers occuring in the spring. The photo is of a seedling 10 months after germination flowering in the flask.
Synonyms Doritis appendiculata (Carr) T.Yukawa & K.Kita 2005; Grussia appendiculata (Carr) M.Wolff 2007; Phalaenopsis appendiculata f. alba O.Gruss & Roeth 2011; Polychilos appendiculata [Carr] Shim 1982
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Holttum 1957; AOS Bulletin Vol 38 #4 1969 photo/drawing fide; The Genus Phalaenopsis Sweet 1980 drawing good; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 19/20 1129 - 1264 Brieger 1988; Orchid Species Culture "P" Bakers 1991; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing fide; Phalaenopsis, A Monograph EA Christenson 2001 drawing ok; Orchid Digest Vol 66 #4 2002 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 72 #1 2008 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 78 No 1 2009 photo fide; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 3 2009 photo fide; Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 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
Phalaenopsis appendiculata Carr 1929 var alba
Photo courtesy of Nik Fahmi
A white color form of the previous species
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