Phalaenopsis pulchra (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet, Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 37: 1102 (1968).
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| Phalaenopsis pulchra (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet, Photo by Worranittha Koenig |
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| Phalaenopsis pulchra (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet, Photo by Magnetic Kla Field |
its native range is Philippines.
Latin Name:
Phalaenopsis pulchra (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet
Family:
Orchidaceae Juss.
Synonym:
Phalaenopsis pulchra f. alba O.Gruss
Polychilos pulchra (Rchb.f.) Shim
English Name:
The Beautiful flowered Phalaenopsis.
Description:
With very short stems enveloped by imbricating leaf bases carrying suberect, arcuate, oblong-elliptic to narrowly obovate, acute or subobtuse leaves that blooms in the fall on a lateral, suberect to arcuate, 4 to 10 to 25 cm long, racemose or paniculate, laxly few flowered inflorescence, shorter that the leaves, with small, triangular, acute, short floral bracts and fragrant, fleshy, star-shaped, magenta-purple flowers.
Distribution:
Philippines.
Ecological:
Found on eastern mountain slopes at elevations of 100 to 650 m as a small sized, hot to warm growing, ascending, epiphytic species.
Flowering times:
Blooms in the fall.
Flower size:
6.0 cm.
Cultivation:
LIGHT/LOCATION: shady
TEMPERATURE: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
WATERING: Pour every 7 days
FERTILIZATION: once a month
PLANT SIZE: young plant (flowering size in about 1-2 years) Type Information:
Reference:
theplantlist.org
https://www.ipni.org/n/650579-1
http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:650579-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalaenopsis_pulchra
https://www.ecuagenera.com/Phalaenopsis-pulchra/en
https://www.orchideen-wichmann.de/en/phalaenopsis-pulchra.html
http://orchidspecies.com/phalapulchra.htm
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