Phalaenopsis javanica J.J.Sm. 1918 SUBGENUS Phalaenopsis SECTION Polychilos [Breda] Rchb.f
Photo by Dustin Dorton
Common Name The Javanese Phalaenopsis
Flower Size 1 1/5" [3 cm]
Found on the island of Java at elevations around 700 to 1000 meters as a sized, warm growing epiphyte with many glossy, elliptic-obovate, apically acute or obtuse tapering below into the base leaves that blooms in the spring on a suberect, racemose, sometimes branching, to 10" [25 cm] long, rachis fractiflex, few flowered inflorescence with triangular, acute-acuminate, concave floral bracts carrying fleshy, cupped flowers.
Synonyms Phalaenopsis javanica f. alba O.Gruss & Roellke ex Christenson 2001; Phalaenopsis latisepala Rolfe 1920; Polychilos javanica ( J.J.Sm. ) P.S.Shim 1982
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 38 #4 1969 drawing fide; The Genus Phalaenopsis Sweet 1980 drawing/photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 19/20 1129 - 1264 Brieger 1988; Orchid Species Culture "P" Bakers 1991; AOS Bulletin Vol 68 No 4 1999 photo; Phalaenopsis, A Monograph EA Christenson 2001 drawing/photo fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 1 O'Byrne 2001 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 66 #4 2002 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 87 #10 2018 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 83 #4 2019 Photo fide
Phalaenopsis javanica f. alba O.Gruss & Roellke ex Christenson 2001
Photo by © Lourens Grobler
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Phalaenopsis, A Monograph EA Christenson 2001; Orchid Digest Vol 83 #4 2019 Photo fide
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