Kingdom Plantae Family Orchidaceae Genus Phalaenopsis Higher classification Moth orchids | Order Asparagales Subfamily Epidendroideae Scientific name Phalaenopsis violacea Rank Species | |
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Similar Moth orchids, Orchids, Phalaenopsis bellina, Phalaenopsis amboinensis, Phalaenopsis tetraspis | ||
Phalaenopsis violacea
Phalaenopsis violacea is a species of orchid endemic to the Andaman Islands, the Nicobar Islands and northwestern Sumatra.
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Mutated phalaenopsis violacea alba
Description
Phalaenopsis violacea is a species of orchid belonged to the genus Phalaenopsis.The plant has a compact habit, with medium size, wide green leaves. The individual flower of this plant is small (3.5 cm wide), fragrant and mostly violet. Some varieties of this plant have some green colour on the tepal edges.
The plant was discovered in 1859 by Johannes Teijsmann, who sent it to the botanic garden at Leiden, Netherlands, Hortus Botanicus Leiden. It was then flowered by H. Witte. In that same year the banker Jan Abraham Willink W.Z.N. a dedicated amateur of orchids in Amsterdam, also received some plants of the species and sent some of the flowering material to Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach who described it in 1862 under the name Stauritis violacea. In the same year Teijsmann and Binnedijk in Bogor, Java, also described their plant. as Phalaenopsis violacea.
Since the 20th century the species has been a parent in numerous Phalaenopsis hybrids in commerce.
