Phalaenopsis doweryensis

Phalaenopsis doweryensis is a species of orchid native to Borneo.[1]

Phalaenopsis doweryensis
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Phalaenopsis
Species:
P. doweryensis
Binomial name
Phalaenopsis doweryensis
Garay & Christenson
distribution of "Phalaenopsis doweryensis"

Description

This species of epiphytic, short-stemmed orchid has usually two fleshy, ovate-elliptic, obtuse leaves of variable sizes. Fleshy flowers with a greenish yellow ground colour and brown spotting are produced on erect, axillary racemes, which may reach lengths of 20 cm, but are usually shorter than the leaves. The specific epithet doweryensis refers to the Dowery Orchid Nursery, from which the type specimen was acquired, which was collected from the wild in Sabah, East Malaysia.[2]

Taxonomy

This species is placed within the subgenus Polychilos in the section Amboinenses. It is suspected of being a hybrid of Phalaenopsis gigantea and Phalaenopsis cochlearis or Phalaenopsis kunstleri.[3] Alternatively, it has also been concluded on the basis of morphological and genetic evidence, that this species is a hybrid of Phalaenopsis gigantea and Phalaenopsis fuscata.[4]

Conservation

This species is protected unter the CITES appendix II regulations of international trade.[5]

References
  1. "Phalaenopsis doweryensis Garay & Christenson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". powo.science.kew.org. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  2. Christenson, E. A. (2001). Phalaenopsis: a monograph. Timber Press (OR).
  3. Tsai, C. C., & Chou, C. H. (2007). Molecular phylogenetics of Phalaenopsis taxa: an updated review. Orchid Sci Biotechnol, 1, 44-50.
  4. Hossain, M. M., Kant, R., Van, P. T., Winarto, B., Zeng, S., & Teixeira da Silva, J. A. (2013). The application of biotechnology to orchids. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 32(2), 69-139.
  5. "Phalaenopsis". CITES.


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