Phalaenopsis stuartiana Rchb.f.

"Phalaenopsis stuartiana Rchb.f. was first discovered in the Philippines. It is found in the north and northeast of Mindanao near Lake Maynit, in the provinces of Agusan and Surigao, and in the valleys of Talacogon and Agusan. Usually this species is found close to the water's surface, close enough to the ocean to which salt is splashed. The elevation of natural habitat varies from 0 to 1550 m above sea level."

Phalaenopsis stuartiana Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron. n.s., 15: 748 1881.

Phalaenopsis stuartiana Rchb.f.; Photo Nelson T. Geraldino

Phalaenopsis stuartiana Rchb.f.; Photo Rex Bee

Latinh name: 

Phalaenopsis stuartiana Rchb.f.

Synonym name:

Phalaenopsis schilleriana var. alba Roebelen

Phalaenopsis schilleriana var. stuartiana (Rchb.f.) Burb.

Phalaenopsis schilleriana var. vestalis Rchb.f.

Phalaenopsis stuartiana var. bella Rchb.f.

Phalaenopsis stuartiana f. nobilis (Rchb.f.) Christenson

Phalaenopsis stuartiana var. nobilis Rchb.f.

Phalaenopsis stuartiana f. punctatissima (Rchb.f.) Christenson

Phalaenopsis stuartiana var. punctatissima Rchb.f.

Phalaenopsis stuartiana var. punctulata Linden

English Name:

Stuart's Phalaenopsis (English Orchid Gardener 1800's).

Description: 

Growing epiphytic species with short stems enveloped by imbricating leaf bases and carrying a few, arcuate to pendant, elliptic-oblong, fleshy, obtuse, mottled green leaves , to 90 cm long, arcuate to pendant inflorescence with ovate-cucullate bracts carrying up to 100, faintly fragrant flowers.

Distribution:

Philippines.

Ecological:

The warm humid forests at elevations up to 0-15000 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the winter and spring.

Flower size:

5.0 to 10 cm.

Cultivation:

TEMPERATURE: warm (20 - 24 °C

WATERING: Pour every 7 days

FERTILIZATION: every 14 days with special orchid fertilizer

Type:

Ref:

orchidspecies.com

ipni.org

powo.science.kew.org