Phalaenopsis inscriptiosinensis Fowlie 1983 SUBGENUS Polychilos SECTION Zebrinae Pfitz 1889 Photo courtesy of Eka Mulja Tjipta and his Orchid Species site

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Common Name The Chinese Character Phalaenopsis

Flower Size 1 to 1 1/2" [3.5 cm]

Found in central Sumatra on forests trees at elevations below 914 meters as a small to medium szied, hot to warm growing epiphyte that blooms on a racemose, 3 to 4 1/2" [7.5 to 11 cm] long, few flowered inflorescence with sequentially opening flowers carrying 2 to 3 open at a time. This species is cited as a synonym of P sumatrana but I will leave them separate at this time.

Synonyms Phalaenopsis sinensis Hort. 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Phalaenopsis, A Monograph EA Christenson 2001;

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