Phal. amboinensis yellow ~ Faris Orchid

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Phal. amboinensis yellow

On this morning Phal. amboinensis yellow blooming. This Phal is a small sized, hot growing, epiphytic species from Ambon Island, Sulawesi, Papua and New Guinea and Indonesia in low elevation, shady, humid forests with year round rainfall with to 4, elliptic to oblong-elliptic or oblanceolate leaves that blooms on a lateral, arching, 18" [45 cm] long, racemose or paniculate many flowered inflorescence with small bracts occuring in the late winter and early spring with longlasting flowers.

Flower size : 2 to 3 "

Synonyms Phalaenopsis hombronii Finet 1912; Phalaenopsis psilantha Schltr. 1911; Polychilos amboinensis (J.J. Sm.) Shim 1982

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