Paraphalaenopsis labukensis Shim, A.L.Lamb & C.L.Chan

 Paraphalaenopsis labukensis Shim, A.L.Lamb & C.L.Chan, Orchid Digest 45(4): 139 (1981)

Paraphalaenopsis labukensis Shim, A.L.Lamb & C.L.Chan, Photos Li Wen

Paraphalaenopsis labukensis Shim, A.L.Lamb & C.L.Chan, Photo Saiful Anuar Abdul Aziz

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym:

Phalaenopsis labukensis (Shim, A.L.Lamb & C.L.Chan) Shim

English Name:

The Labuk River Paraphalaenopsis (Sabah in Borneo).

Distribution:

Sabah Borneo.

Ecological:

Grows on trees, in hilly forests on ultramafic rocks above the valley, at an altitude of about 600 to 1100 m above sea level.

Description:

Plant flowers in the spring with several 6.2 cm wide flowers. Flowers are fragrant. Leaves of this plant can grow over 2 meters long.

Refs:

Schuiteman, A. (2014). Paraphalaenopsis, an endangered orchid genus from Borneo Malesian Orchid Journal 13: 83-99.

Wood, J.J., Beaman, T.E., Lamb, A., Lun, C.C. & Beaman, J.H. (2011). The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu 2: 1-726. Natural history publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.