Phalaenopsis lobbii

Phalaenopsis lobbii, also known as 罗氏蝴蝶兰 (luo shi hu die lan) in Chinese, is a species of orchid found from the eastern Himalaya to Indochina.It is named in honour of Cornish plant hunter Thomas Lobb. These epiphytic plants have aerial, fleshy, dorsiventrally flattened roots, which radiate from a short stem, which is inclosed by leaf petioles. The stem bears 3-5 slightly fleshy, thin leaves, which are commonly shed in winter. Some plants retain up to two leaves, but most exhibit deciduous leaflessness. Small flowers with reflexed petals of 1.5 cm in diameter are produced between March and May on racemose inflorescences. The midlobe of the labellum shows brown colouration.[12][13] It is a rare species with extremely small population sizes. It is found in evergreen broad leaved forests on limestone at altitudes of 150–330 m.[14]

Phalaenopsis lobbii
flower detail of Phalaenopsis lobbii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Phalaenopsis
Species:
P. lobbii
Binomial name
Phalaenopsis lobbii
(Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet
Synonyms
  • Phalaenopsis parishii var. lobbii Rchb.f. (basionym)[1]
  • Phalaenopsis decumbens var. lobbii (Rchb.f.) P.F.Hunt[2]
  • Polychilos lobbii (Rchb.f.) Shim[3]
  • Phalaenopsis lobbii f. flavilabia Christenson[4]
  • Phalaenopsis parishii f. flava O.Gruss & Roellke ex Christenson[5]
  • Doritis lobbii (Rchb.f.) T.Yukawa & K.Kita[6]
  • Doritis lobbii f. flava (O.Gruss & Roellke ex Christenson) T.Yukawa & K.Kita[7]
  • Doritos chip lobbii f. flavilabia (Christenson) T.Yukawa & K.Kita[8]
  • Phalaenopsis lobbii var. vietnamensis O.Gruss & Roeth[9]
  • Phalaenopsis listeri E.S.Berk.[10]
  • Phalaenopsis lobbii f. flava Christenson[11]

References
  1. W.W.Saunders, Refug. Bot. 2: t. 85 (1870)
  2. Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 40: 1094 (1971)
  3. Malayan Nat. J. 36: 24 (1982)
  4. Phalaenopsis: a monograph: 72 (2001)
  5. Orchidee (Hamburg) 43: 42 (1992)
  6. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 56: 156 (2005)
  7. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 56: 157 (2005)
  8. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 56(2): 157 (2005)
  9. Orchidee (Hamburg) 57: 97 (2006)
  10. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 1: 280 (1887)
  11. Phalaenopsis: a monograph: 71 (2001)
  12. Qiang, L. I. U., Shou-Hua, Y. I. N., Wen, H. U. A. N. G., & Jian-Tao, Y. I. N. (2007). Phalaenopsis lobbii (Rchb. f.) HR Sweet, a new record of Orchidaceae from Yunnan, China. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 45(6), 855.
  13. Wu, Z.Y., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.Y. 2009 Flora of China Vol. 25 Orchidaceae Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press St. Louis, MO. 446
  14. HUANG, X., LU, Z., BIN, Z., GAN, C., QIN, Q., & DING, L. Community Characteristics of Wild Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations Phalaenopsis lobbii. Chinese Journal of Tropical Crops, 41(7), 1469.


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