Phalaenopsis parishii Rchb. f. 1865 SUBGENUS Parishianae [Sweet] Christensen 2001
Photo by © Lourens Grobler
Photo by © Milan Vagner
Common Name Parish's Phalaenopsis [English Orchid Collector 1800's in Myanmar]
Flower Size under .8" [under 2 cm]
Found in the eastern Himalayas, Assam India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam on moss covered trees overhanging streams at lower elevations to 500 meters as a miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with elliptic to obovate, fleshy, pendant leaves that blooms in the spring on an arching, 2 to 4 3/4" [5 to 14 cm] long, lightly fractiflex, racemose or rarely paniculate, few to several, densely 5 to 6 flowered inflorescence with small floral bracts and carrying simultaneously opening, lily of the valley scented flowers.
Synonyms Aerides decumbens Griff 1851; Doritis parishii (Rchb.f.) T.Yukawa & K.Kita 2005; Grafia parishii [Rchb.f] Hawkes 1966; Polychilos parishii (Rchb. f.) Shim 1982
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Refugium Botanicum Reichenbach 1869 drawing fide; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing fide; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; AOS Bulletin Vol 35 # 10 1966 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 38 #4 1969 drawing fide; Orchid Digest Vol 37 No 5 1973 drawing fide; Indian Orchids A Guide to Identification and Culture Vol 2 Pradhan 1979 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 48 No 7 1979 photo fide; The Genus Phalaenopsis Sweet 1980 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 19/20 1129 - 1264 Brieger 1988; Opera Botanica #95 Seidenfaden 1988 drawing fide; Orchid Species Culture "P" Bakers 1991; Schlechteriana Vol 2 No 4 1991 drawing/photo fide; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994; Phalaenopsis, A Monograph EA Christenson 2001; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1868 drawing fide; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95 as Aerides decumbens; Schlechteriana Vol 2 No 4 1991; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo fide; Phalaenopsis, A Monograph EA Christenson 2001 drawing/photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 66 #4 2002 photo fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo fide; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 drawing fide; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 79 #8 2010 photo fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 77 #4 2013 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #7 2015 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #AOS Bulletin Vol 89 #11 2020 photo fide; 8 2019 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 83 #4 2019 Photo fide;
Phalaenopsis parishii Rchb. f. 1865 f nivea
Photo by © Wesley Chen
A white color form of the previous species. W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Digest Vol 77 #4 2013 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 83 #4 2019 Photo fide
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