Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica [Rchb.f] Sweet 1969 SUBGENUS Phalaenopsis SECTION Polychilos [Breda] Rchb.f
Photo by © Harvey Sachs
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Common Name The Hieroglyphic Phalaenopsis
Flower Size 2 to 3 1/2" [5 to 8.75 cm]
Found in the Philippines on the islands of Polillo and Palawan in shady locales of humid forests at elevations up to 500 meters as a medium sized, hot and warm, pendant growing epiphyte with a short stem enveloped by imbricating leaf bases carrying a few to many, somewhat coriaceous, oblong-ligulate, acute to obtuse leaves that blooms in the spring on a suberect to arching, 12" [30 cm] long, racemose or paniculate, few [3 to 4] flowered inflorescence with small ovate-cucullate bracts and long-lasting, glossy, showy, rosy floral scented, simultaneously opening flowers.
The inflorescence if still green and undamaged can reflower year after year.
Synonyms Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica f. flava O.Gruss 2009; Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana subvar. hieroglyphica (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent 1891; *Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana var. heiroglyphica Rchb. f. 1891; Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana var. surigadensis 1965; Polychilos hieroglyphica (Rchb. f.) Shim 1982
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Fascile 2 Ames 1908as P lueddemanniana var hieroglyphica; ; AOS Bulletin Vol 31 No 11 1962 as P lueddemanniana var hieroglyphica photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 33 #3 1964 as P lueddemanniana var heiroglyphica photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 38 No 1 1969 drawing fide; Orchid Digest Vol 38 no 4 1974 photo fide; The Genus Phalaenopsis Sweet 1980 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 8 1980 as P leudemanniana var heiroglyphica photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 50 No 9 1981 as P leudemanniana var heiroglyphica photo fide; The Complete Writings on Philippine Orchids Vol 2 Quisumbing 1981 as P lueddemannia var palawanensis drawing fide; ; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 8 1985 photo as P lueddemanniana var hieroglyphica; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 19/20 1129 - 1264 Brieger 1988; Orchid Species Culture "P" Bakers 1991; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 drawing/photo fide; Phalaenopsis, A Monograph EA Christenson 2001 drawing/photo fide; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 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 8 2004 as P lueddemannia var hieroglyphica photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 6 2008 photo fide; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide; Philippine Native Orchid Species Cootes 2011 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #6 2015 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #10 2016 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 80 #2 2016; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #11 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #12 2017 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 87 #10 2018 photo fide;
Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica f. flava O.Gruss 2009
Photo by Timothy Choltco.
A colorless version of the previous species. Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica [Rchb.f] Sweet 1969 var alba
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Philippine Native Orchid Species Cootes 2011 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #11 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #4 2017 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #2 2019 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 89 #2 2020 photo fide
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