Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb.f.

Publication:	Bonplandia 2:93. 1854
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Distribution:	Sri Lanka, Inde, Philippines, Bornéo, Thailande (province de Kanchanaburi).
Etymology:	From de latin word deliciosus: delicious, pleasant, delicate
Synonyms:	Aerides latifolium Enum. Pl. Zeyl. Thwaites 429 (1864)
	Aerides decumbens Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 365 (1851)
	Biermannia decumbens (Griff.) Tang & F.T.Wang ex Merr. & F.P.Metcalf Lingnan Sci. J. 21: 7 (1945).
	Doritis hebe (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 968 (1913)
	Doritis latifolia Bentham & Hooker f. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 574. 1883
	Doritis philippinensis Ames Orchidaceae 2: 235. 1908
	Phalaenopsis wightiiRchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 20: 214 (1862)
	Phalaenopsis bella Teijsm. & Binn., Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 24: 321 (1862)
	Doritis deliciosa (Rchb.f.) T.Yukawa & K.Kita, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 56: 156 (2005).
	Doritis hebe Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1:968. (1913)
	Doritis wightiiBentham & Hooker f. 3(2): 574. 1883
	Doritis steffensii Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 194. 1911
	Kingiella hebe Rolfe in Orch. Rev. xxv. 197 (1917)
	Kingiella decumbens(Griff.) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 25: 197 (1917).
	Kingiella philippinensis Rolfe in Orch. Rev. xxv. 197 (1917)
	Kingidium decumbens (Griff.) Holttum, Gard. Bull. Singapore 11:286 (1947).
	Kingidium deliciosum (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet, Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 39: 1095 (1970).
	Kingidium deliciosum (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet var. bellum (Teijsm. & Binn.) O.Gruss & Roellke Orchidee (Hamburg) 44(5):225. 1993
	kingidium deliciosum f. album O.Gruss, Orchidee (Hamburg) 57: 69 (2006).
	kingidium philippinense(Ames) O.Gruss & Roellke Orchidee (Hamburg) 46(3): 115. 1995
	Kingidium wightii (Rchb.f.) O.Gruss & Roellke Orchidee (Hamburg) 46(1): 23. 1995
	Phalaenopsis alboviolacea Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 3:373. (1893)
	Phalaenopsis amethystina Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1865: 602 (1865)
	Phalaenopsis decumbens (Griff.) Holttum, Gard. Bull. Singapore 11: 286 (1947)
	Phalaenopsis hebe Rchb.f., Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 18: 35 (1862)
	Phalaenopsis hebe var. amboinensis J.J.Sm., Philipp. J. Sci. 12: 260 (1917).
	Polychilos decumbens (Griff.) Shim, Malayan Nat. Journ. 36:28. 1982.= Phalaenopsis parishii Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 23: 146 (1865)
Varieties:	Phalaenopsis deliciosa f. alba (O.Gruss) Christenson, Richardiana 8: 29 (2008).
	Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb.f. Subsp. hookeriana (O.Gruss & Roellke) Christenson. Phalaenopsis: a monograph. 223. 2001
Flowering:

Photos of Phalaenopsis deliciosa in culture:

Stanley Hendrawidjaja	Alain Brochart	Thorsten Stute	Thorsten Stute	Bernard Lagrelle	Bernard Lagrelle	Libor Jankovsky
Lorenz Keim	Lauri Shaw	Wolfgang Apel	Kirill Rapoport	Sascha Heikens	Kamphon Suewongsuwan	Kamphon Suewongsuwan
Ilona Kowalska	Ilona Kowalska	Ilona Kowalska	Rock Hsia	Rock Hsia	Jérome Volant	Peter Zerche
Ilona Kowalska	Alain Brochart	François Rion	Diana Linke	Heike	Heike	Alba.Men
Alba.Men	Helmut Demel	Helmut Demel	Ilona Ziems	Ilona Ziems	Ilona Ziems	Ilona Ziems
Ilona Ziems	King Huang	King Huang	King Huang	King Huang	Julia Lutsenko	Julia Lutsenko
Philip Wojtas	Philip Wojtas	Philip Wojtas	Julia Lutsenko	Mervin Quah	Alba.Men	Alba.Men
Alba.Men	Alba.Men	Alba.Men	Julia Lutsenko	Julia Lutsenko	Alba.Men	Alba.Men
Alba.Men	Alba.Men	Alba.Men	Peter Zerche	Peter Zerche	Peter Zerche	Alba.Men
Alba.Men	Ricci Zepmeusel	Alba.Men	Paul Haggarty	Angela Six
Phalaenopsis deliciosa

Alain Brochart	Philip Wojtas	Philip Wojtas	Philip Wojtas	Alba.Men	Alba.Men
Lip detail

Botanical or horticultural varieties:

Bernard Lagrelle	Bernard Lagrelle	Elisabeth Kerschbaum	Lorenz Keim	Martina & Paul Lippold	Elisabeth Kerschbaum	Lian-Fu Wang
Jérome Volant	Peter Zerche	Gilles Grunenwald	Lady L	Lady L	Alain Brochart	Ilona Ziems
Ilona Ziems	Ilona Ziems	Ilona Ziems	Noreen Reinhard	Werner Schachtsiek	Olaf & Sylvia Tönne	Karine Hervé
Alba.Men	Alba.Men	Alba.Men	Alba.Men
Phalaenopsis deliciosa subsp. hookeriana

Micael Liu	Micael Liu	Mervin Quah	Mervin Quah	Alba.Men	Alba.Men	Andreas Hegenbart
Andreas Hegenbart
Phalaenopsis deliciosa var. alba

Alba.Men	Alba.Men
Phalaenopsis deliciosa f. flava variety not yet describe

Primary hybrids: You can view Phalaenopsis deliciosa primary hybrids by species from the graphic page or via the following alphabetical listing.

Hybrid Name	Pod	Pollen	Registered by	Year
Annabel Joy	honghenensis	deliciosa	Paul Haggarty	2018
Bacchus 1973	pulcherrima	deliciosa	J.Rumrill	1973
Burgeff's Bloom	deliciosa	amabilis	Burgeff	2013
Calypso Musick	deliciosa	finleyi	F.&M.Kaufmann	2007
Freckles (1972)	mariae	deliciosa	Dr Henry M Wallbrunn	1972
Huang's Appdel	appendiculata	deliciosa	King Huang	2013
Jim Creasy	fuscata	deliciosa	Dr Henry M Wallbrunn	1982
Little Dream	deliciosa	lobbii	Luc Vincent	1997
LOC Island Delicate	hainanensis	deliciosa	Louisiana Orch.	2013
New Horizon (1972)	equestris	deliciosa	Fredk. L. Thornton	1972
Orchid Classic's Golden Showers	deliciosa	chibae	FD. Mc Daniel	2011
Pale Face (1970)	lindenii	deliciosa	Thornton's Orch. (Fredk. L. Thornton)	1970
Prof. Burgeff	deliciosa	stuartiana	Burgeff	2013
Robert Weltz	deliciosa	violacea	Dr Henry M Wallbrunn	1988
Snow Droplet	deliciosa	parishii	Atmo Kolopaking	1978
Speck O'Gold	cornu-cervi	deliciosa	Fredk. L. Thornton	1972
Suwarno (1984)	deliciosa	amboinensis	Atmo Kolopaking	1984
Tanaosri Princess	deliciosa	lowii	A. Ruengsawat	2013
Tiny	pulcherrima	deliciosa	Rod McLellan Co.	1966

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