Tribe | Vandeae |
Subtribe | Aeridinae |
Scientific name | Phalaenopsis sumatrana Korthals & Reichenbach f. |
Synonyms | Phalaenopsis acutifolia Lindley; Phalaenopsis inscriptiosinensis Fowlie; Phalaenopsis zebrina Teijsmann & Binnend; Polychilos sumatrana (Korth & Reichenbach f.) Shim |
Distribution | Indonesia [Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar] |
Reference | Phalaenopsis sumatrana Korth. & Rchb. f. |
Phalaenopsis sumatrana (Korth. & Rchb.f 1860) | |
Phalaenopsis sumatrana, Korth & Rchb. F., 1860 | |
Note | Some authors argue that Phalaenopsis sumatrana is endemic to Indonesia (Southern Sumatra) and different from Phalaenopsis zebrina Teijsmann & Binnend (cf. J. B. Comber, Orchid of Spatra, pp. 859-860). Photos below are of an orchid which was cultivated by Kyoto Botanical Garden and displayed as Phalaenopsis sumatrana 'Karasawa'. |
June 2007 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |
June 2007 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |