Phalaenopsis equestris (Schauer) Rchb.F.

Species

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Characteristics

Stems very short, 3-or 4-leaved. Leaves linear-ligulate or narrowly oblong, 10-24 × 3-5 cm, base cuneate, apex obtuse or unequally bilobed. Inflorescence to 30 cm, unbranched or sometimes branched, laxly many flowered; rachis dark purple, flexuous; floral bracts 2-4 mm. Flowers ca. 2 cm in diam., variable in color, typically sepals and petals white or pale pink with a central pink suffusion, lip rose or red, callus white or yellow, sometimes spotted rose or red, column rose, anther cap white; pedicel and ovary slender, 2-2.5 cm. Dorsal sepal oblong, 11-14 × 5-7 mm, acute; lateral sepals falcate-ovate, 10-14 × 6-7 mm. Petals oblong-obovate or rhombic, 10-12 × 4-7 mm, base contracted and adnate to column foot, apex acute; lip base with a claw ca. 1.5 mm, lip 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect-incurved, oblong-oblanceolate, 5-6.5 × 2-3 mm, rounded; mid-lobe spreading horizontally, ovate-elliptic, 9-11 × 7-8 mm, acute; callus solitary, peltate, quadrangular with a truncate apex. Column 6-9 mm, slender, foot ca. 3 mm; stipe ca. 3 mm; viscidium ovate-lanceolate, ca. 1 mm. Fl. Apr-May. 2n = 38.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Light 4-6
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Soil acidity 4-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

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Uses environmental use
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Phalaenopsis equestris world distribution map, present in China, Philippines, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:650531-1
WFO ID wfo-0000268204
COL ID 4FR33
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Synonyms

Phalaenopsis equestris Phalaenopsis riteiwanensis Phalaenopsis rosea Stauroglottis equestris Stauroglottis riteiwanensis Phalaenopsis equestris f. cyanochila Phalaenopsis equestris var. rosea Phalaenopsis equestris var. alba Phalaenopsis equestris var. leucaspis Phalaenopsis equestris var. leucotanthe Phalaenopsis rosea var. aurantiaca Phalaenopsis rosea var. deliciosa Phalaenopsis rosea var. leucaspis Phalaenopsis equestris f. alba Phalaenopsis equestris f. aurea