| Phalaenopsis philippinensis
has
mottled leaves that are up to 35 cm long and 9 cm wide. The inflorescence
grows up to 40 cm long, is erect to bent, mostly branched, many-flowered.
The flowers, which reach 55 mm in diameter, are white. The lateral lobes
of the lip are intensively yellow. The middle portion on the lip bears
a callus between the lateral lobes; in the apical part it has two thread-like
appendages. The pollinarium has two cleft pollinia connected to a stipe
with a large viscidium.
Phalaenopsis fasciata
is similar in form to P. amabilis but smaller. The leaves, which grow to
25 cm long, are yellowish green. The inflorescence is spreading, longer
than the leaves. The flowers are shiny, wax-like, around 50 mm in diameter,
and appear two or three at a time. The lip is three-lobed; the middle lobe
has a central keel and few hairs on the apical part. The pollinarium has
two cleft pollinia.
Phalaenopsis pulchra
resembles P. lueddemanniana in habit. The leaves are yellowish green, elliptic,
and up to 25 cm long. The inflorescence is about as long as the leaves,
spreading to pendent, few-flowered. The flowers reach 50 mm in diameter.
They are luminous purple red and shiny; against the light, lighter dots
and stripes are visible. The lip is three-lobed; it has a keel in the middle
part between the lateral lobes and is thickened and a little hairy toward
the apex; the lateral lobes are yellow. The pollinarium has two cleft pollinia.
Phaius tankervilleae
is a large terrestrial plant. Its pseudobulbs are about 35 mm long. The
leaves are up to 1m long, and 12 cm wide. The inflorescence is erect, sometimes
up to 1.5 m tall, bearing 10 to 25 flowers. The flowers are about 12 cm
in diameter; the petals and sepals are white on their back with varying
shades of red or brown on the front. The sepals are widely stretched out,
acute, up to about 60 mm long; the petals are smaller but also acute. The
lip is only indistinctly trilobed, and deep purple. The pollinarium has
eight waxy pollinia. |
