Phalaenopsis chibae

Phalaenopsis chibae T.Yukawa; Ann. Tsukuba Bot. Gard. 15: 19 1996.

(Phalaenopsis chibae T.Yukawa; Photo Chu Xuan Canh)

Vietnamese name: Hồ điệp chi-ba

Chinese Name:

Common Name: Chiba's Phalaenopsis

Latin Name: Phalaenopsis chibae T.Yukawa

Family: Orchidaceae

Synonym Name: Doritis chibae (T.Yukawa) T.Yukawa & K.Kita; Kingidium chibae (T.Yukawa) O.Gruss & Roellke         

Description: Epiphyte, short body with kelp. Leaves are 30cm long and 10cm wide. Horizontal inflorescence is straight or branched. Large flowers, 12cm long, large lips. The two lobes are rectangular in shape, the middle lobe is oval and has a vertical brown bar in the middle.

Flowering:   April and May.

Culture: Grow in warm conditions. Pot in medium fir bark and keep in partial shade. Water about once a week. Keep plant fairly moist but not wet.

Distribution: Found in Viet Nam: Lâm Đồng (Đà lạt), Tây Nguyên (Gia Lai, Kontum).

Ecological: At elevations of 400 to 600 meters.

Reference:

- theplantlist.org

- efloras.org

- orchidspecies.com

- phals.net

- orchids.fandom.com