Phalaenopsis mentawaiensis O.Gruss 2014 SUBGENUS Phalaenopsis SECTION Polychilos [Breda] Rchb.f
Photos by © The Species Identification Task Force Website
Common Name The Mentawai Islands Phalaenopsis
Flower Size 1.6 to 2.08" [4.5 to 5.2cm]
Found in the Mentawai Islands of Sumatra on tall trees in riverine forests at elevations up to 100 meters as a small sized, hot growing epiphyte that blooms in the summer and fall on a 6 to 20" [15 to 50 cm] long, inclined to erect, sometimes branched inflorescence and carrying slightly fragrant flowers with a scent similar to P violacea.
"The species is similar to both P violacea and P bellina but P mentawaiewnsis has a long, rounded rachis up to 20" [50 cm] long, that can reach longer than the tongue shaped, often curled leaves. The speceis has thin roots as well as significantly larger, brilliantly colored flowers." W Higgins 2019
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Digest Vol 83 #4 2019 Photo fide
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