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Phalaenopsis amabilis (L.) Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 7:294. 1827. |
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This species was described for the very first as Epidendrum amabile in the book "Species Plantarum" by Linné in the year 1753. You can read this description in the following pages of the book: Sp. Pl. 2:953. 1753. |
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| Section: |
Phalaenopsis |
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| Distribution: |
Australia (Queensland), New Guinea, Philippines and Indonesia. |
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| Etymology: |
from latin word amo (to love) with suffix -abilis. Pleasant, lovely. |
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| Synonyms: |
Angraecum album majus Rumphius, Herb. Amb. 6:99, t43. 1750 |
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Epidendrum amabile Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2:953. 1753 |
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Epidendrum amabile Swartz, Nov. Act. Ups. 6:67. 1799 |
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Epidendrum amabile Schrader's Journ. Bot. 2:210. 1799 |
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Epidendrum amabile Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 4:115 |
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Epidendrum amabile Persoon, Synopsis Plantarum 2:518 |
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Cymbidium amabile Roxburgh, Hort. Beng. 63. 1814 |
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Cymbidium amabile Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 3:457 |
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Synadena amabilis Raf., Fl. Tellur. Cent. 9:805. 1836 |
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Phalaenopsis rosenstromii F.M.Bailey. Queensl. Agric. Journ. xvii:231. 1906 |
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Phalaenopsis gloriosa (Rchb.f. 1888) |
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Phalaenopsis aphrodite var. gloriosa Rchb.f. 1891 |
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Phalaenopsis grandiflora Lindl. 1848 |
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Phalaenopsis grandiflora var. gracillima Burb. 1882 |
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Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume var. rimestadiana Linden. 1901 |
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Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume var. fournieri Cogn. 1898 |
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Phalaenopsis amabilis var ramosa Van Deventer. 1935 |
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Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume var. grandiflora Bateman. 1867 |
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Phalaenopsis rimestadiana Linden & Rolfe, 1905 |
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Phalaenopsis pleihary Burgeff 1968 |
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Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume var. aphrodite subvar. gloriosa Ames. 1908 |
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Phalaenopsis celebica Van Vloten. 1932 |
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Phalaenopsis X Elisbethae (= amabilis x rimestadiana) Vacherot. 1927 |
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| Varieties: |
Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume var. fuscata Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 20:214. 1862. |
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Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume var rosenstromii (F.M.Bailey) Nicholls. Australian Orchid Review 14.1949 |
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Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume f. fuscata (Rchb.f.) O. Gruss & M.Wolff. Orchid. Atlas:319. 2007 |
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Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume subsp. moluccana (Schltr.) Christenson. Phalaenopsis: a monograph:189. 2001 |
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Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume subsp. rosenstromii (F.M.Bailey) Christenson. Phalaenopsis: a monograph:190. 2001 |
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Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume var. moluccana |
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Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume var. papuana Orch. Deut.-Neu-Guinea: 968. 1913 |
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Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume var. cinerascens J.J.Sm., 1917 |
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| Flowering: |
Mainly in winter and spring, but possible all year. |
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