Phalaenopsis fuscata
Phalaenopsis fuscata has
short, erect stems. The leaves are slender, ovobate, up to 30 cm long,
6 cm wide, greyish green. The few-flowered inflorescence is spreading,
bent to nearly pendent, up to 40 cm long, longer than the leaves. The flowers
are fleshy, shiny, wax-like, about 30 mm in diameter. The margins of the
sepals and petals are bent backward. The lip is three-lobed; the middle
part has a central keel; the front part is shell-formed. The pollinarium
has two cleft pollinia.
Phalaenopsis stuartiana
Phalaenopsis stuartiana
has a little less intensively mottled leaves compare to P. schilleriana,
some plants being nearly pure green. They are green below and up to 35
cm long. The inflorescences are many-flowered, erect to overhanging, branched,
and up to 75 cm long. The flowers, which reach 70 mm in diameter, are white
to yellowish. The lateral sepals and the lip bear numerous brownish spots.
The lip is three-lobed; the mid-lobe has a callus between the lateral lobes
and in the apical part are anchor-like appendages. The pollinarium has
two cleft pollinia connected to a stipe with a large viscidium.
Renanthera monachia
Renanthera monachia has
stiff, long and loosely leafed stems. The thick, leathery leaves grow 15
to 19 cm long and 1 to 2 cm wide. The usually unbranched inflorescence
is longer than the leaves. The luminous, orange and red spotted flowers
reach 35 mm in diameter. The lip is small with a short spur and inconspicuous
lateral lobes. The pollinarium has four unequal, hemispherical pollinia.
Aerides quinquevulnera
Aerides quinquevulnera is
characterized by the red tip of all floral parts. The relatively large
plant has leaves measuring up to 35 cm long, which often hang down due
to their weight. The pendent inflorescence can be as long or longer than
the leaves. The many flowers are densely clustered on the upper part of
the inflorescence; they are about 2 cm across. The pollinarium has two
unequally cleft pollinia on a slender stipe. |
