Phalaenopsis venosa Shim & Fowlie 1983
SUBGENUS Phalaenopsis SECTION Polychilos [Breda] Rchb.f
Photo courtesy of Oak Hill Gardens
Photo by J A Fowlie
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Common Name The Veined Phalaenopsis
Flower Size 1.6 to 2.4" [4 to 6 cm]
Found in Sulawesi in Indonesia in lowland forests at elevations of 450 to 1000 meters as a medium sized, warm growing epiphyte with 3 to 5, ligulate-elliptic, to elliptic-oblong, strongly recurved above, loosely undulating, glossy green leaves that blooms in the spring, summer and fall on an erect, 5 to 10" [12.5 to 25 cm] long, simple or branched, few [3 to 5] flowered inflorescence with successive opening, unpleasantly fragrant [crushed centipede] flowers. The habitat for this species is wet year round so even water and fertilizer year round.
Synonyms Phalaenopsis venosa var ochracea Fowlie 1983; Polychilos venosa (Shim & Fowlie) Shim & Fowlie 1983
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchid Digest Vol 47 No 4 1983 photo fide; *Orchid Digest Vol 47 No 4 1983 as P venosa var ochracea photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 51 No 3 1987 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 51 No 3 1987 as P venosa var ochracea photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 60 #3 1991 photo fide; Orchid Species Culture "P" Bakers 1991; AOS Bulletin Vol 64 No 5 1995 photo fide; 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; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 2 2004 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 77 #4 2013 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 83 #7 2014 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #6 2015 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #1 2016 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 83 #4 2019 Photo fide
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