Phalaenopsis corningiana Rchb. f. 1879 SUBGENUS Polychilos SECTION Zebrinae Pfitz 1889 Photo courtesy of Jean Claude George

Another Flower Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by White Oak Orchids

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Common Name Corning's Phalaenopsis [19th century American Orchid Enthusiast]

Flower Size 2 to 2 1/2" [5 to 6.25 cm]

Found in Borneo at elevations of 450 to 610 meters on limestone cliffs near waterfalls on huge mossy trees 20 feet up as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with oblong to obovate leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on a shorter than the leaf, 12" [30 cm] long, zigzag inflorescence with a sequentially opening, few flowers.

Synonyms Phalaenopsis cumingiana Rchb. f. 1881; Phalaenopsis sumatrana var sanguinea Korth. & Rchb. f. 1860; Polychilos corningiana (Rchb. f.) Shim 1982

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Digest Vol56 No 1 1992 photo; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Phalaenopsis, A Monograph EA Christenson 2001;

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