Phalaenopsis mysorensis C.J.Saldanha 1974
SUBGENUS Parishinae SECTION Deliciosae E. A. Christ 1986
Photos by © Rituraj Sonowal and Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria
Common Name The Mysore Phalaenopsis
Flower Size .4 to .6" [1 to 1.5cm]
Found in southern India at elevations of 750 to 1800 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with a very short stem carrying 1 to 3, possibly deciduous, oblong-elliptic, conduplicate at the subpetiolate base leaf that blooms in the fall on a terete, short, between the leaves, .4 to 3.2" [1 to 8 cm] long, purplish violet, few flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acute floral bracts
Synonyms Doritis mysorensis (C.J.Saldanha) T.Yukawa & K.Kita 2005; Kingidium mysorense (C.J.Saldanha) C.S.Kumar 1994; Kingidium niveum C.S.Kumar 1994; Polychilos mysorensis (C.J.Saldanha) Shim 1982
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Indian Orchids A Guide to Identification and Culture Vol 2 Pradhan 1979 drawing good; 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; Phalaenopsis A Monograph EA Christenson 2001; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42 - 43 pg 2626 - 2762 Brieger 2001 as Kingidium niveum drawing fide; Orchid Digest Vol 66 #4 2002 drawing fide; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 as Kingidium niveum; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Orchid Digest Vol 83 #4 2019 Photo fide
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
