Phalaenopsis yingjiangensis

Phalaenopsis yingjiangensis, also known as 盈江羽唇兰 (ying jiang yu chun lan) in Chinese, is a species of epiphytic orchid native to China South-Central.[3]

Phalaenopsis yingjiangensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Phalaenopsis
Species:
P. yingjiangensis
Binomial name
Phalaenopsis yingjiangensis
(Z.H.Tsi) Kocyan & Schuit.[1]
distribution of Phalaenopsis yingjiangensis
Synonyms

Ornithochilus yingjiangensis Z.H.Tsi[2]

Description

Several, distichously arranged, obliquely oblong, nearly basal leaves with an acute apex are produced on a 2 cm long stem. The leaves are 8-13 cm long and 3-4 cm wide. The pendulous, commonly unbranched inflorescences, which exceed the leaves in length, bear many, pale yellow, widely opening flowers. They have brown stripes.[4] Despite the specific epithet yingjiangensis, which refers to the Chinese locality Yingjiang, this species has also been recorded in Thailand and India.[5][6]

Ecology

Flowering occurs in August. The plants are found in evergreen broad-leaved forests at elevations of 1300–1400 m.

Conservation

This species is protected unter the CITES appendix II regulations of international trade.[7]

References
  1. Phytotaxa 161: 67 (2014)
  2. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22: 479 (1984)
  3. "Phalaenopsis yingjiangensis (Z.H.Tsi) Kocyan & Schuit. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". powo.science.kew.org. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  4. 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
  5. DAMAPONG, S., THAPYAI, C., & WATTHANA, S. (2008). Ornithochilus yingjiangensis ZH Tsi (Orchidaceae), A New Record for Thailand. Tropical Natural History, 8(2), 213-215.
  6. Kumar, R., Sharma, S., & Singh, S. K. Notes on first record of Ornithochilus yingjiangensis from India, and its Conservation.
  7. "Phalaenopsis". CITES.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.