Phalaenopsis gibbosa H.R. Sweet 1970 SUBGENUS Parishianae [Sweet] Christensen 2001
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Common Name The Phalaenopsis with a pouch-like swelling
Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]
Found in Laos, and Vietnam in broadleafed, evergreen, lowland forests at elevations of sealevel to 1000 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with a short stem carrying a fan of 4 to 5, very broad oblong, deciduous leaves that blooms in the later winter and early spring a 4 to 6" [10 to 15 cm] long, branched, somewhat zigzag, several [8 to 10] flowered inflorescence arising on a near leafless stem and carrying slightly fragrant flowers.
Synonyms Doritis gibbosa (H.R.Sweet) T.Yukawa & K.Kita 2005; Polychilos gibbosa (H.R. Sweet) Shim 1982
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; 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; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994; Phaleanopsis, A Monograph EA Christenson 2001 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42 - 43 pg 2626 - 2762 Brieger 2001 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 66 #4 2002 photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 68 No 5 2003 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 78 #1 2009 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 78 No 2 2009 photo fide; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 79 #8 2010 photo fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos 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 86 #4 2017 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 83 #4 2019 Photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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