seasons from Spring to late Autumn, and occasionally in the Winter. Flowers last 
for many weeks in perfection. 
Syn. P. grandiflora. 
Var. Rimestadiana.—Flowers larger than the type, with deeper colouring on the 
side lobes of the lip. 
Var. Rosenstromii.—Flowers very similar to P. amabilis. Flowers 24 to 3 inches in 
diameter, slightly more delicate in substance. (Native of North Queensland. ) 
PHALAENOPSIS APHRODITE. Native of Java and the Philippine Islands. 
This species is akin to P. amabilis, but the flowers are smaller. Actually Lindley 
recorded Aphrodite as being synoynmous with P. amabilis, whereas his P. grandi- 
flora is synonymous with P. amabilis (Blume) as we know it. P. Aphrodite has 
thick, brownish-green, rather elliptical leaves with a prominent midrib. Flowers 
are borne on long, usually pendent (and occasionally branching) racemes. They 
are about 3 inches in diameter, white, the inside of the lip being spotted and 
streaked with rose-pink and yellow. Sepals broad and ovate, petals broader and 
rhomboidal in shape. The apex of the lip is divided into two fine, twisted fila- 
ments. Flowers in Spring and Summer, 
Var. gloriosa—Rather larger than the type and more brilliantly marked. 
PHALAENOPSIS CORNU-CERVI. Native of Burma. 
A striking species with leathery, oblong leaves, bright green in colour. Spikes are 
erect, thickening at the top, and flattened at the apex, and bearing about a dozen 
smallish flowers in succession. Dorsal sepal narrow and pointed, the lateral ones 
somewhat falcate. Dorsal sepal greenish-yellow barred with red-brown and blotched 
at the base. The laterals are barred on the apex only. Petals smaller, coloured 
like the dorsal sepal. Lip white or cream, incurved, trilobed, side lobes oblong, 
middle lobe crescent-shaped. Flowers in Summer. 
PHALAENOPSIS ESMERALDA. Native of Burma and Cochin China. 
A pretty species with thick, fleshy, grey-green leaves with a few dull brown spots, 
rarely exceeding 3 inches in length. The flower spike is erect, and from 6 inches 
to 18 inches tall, and bears up to a dozen flowers about j-inch in width. Sepals 
and petals almost similar, and a light rosy-purple in colour. Lip a deep purple, 
lateral lobes yellow with two slender appendages at the base. Flowers in Spring 
and Summer, 
Var. antennifera.—Flowers darker in colour. 
PHALAENOPSIS GRANDIFLORA. (A synonym of P. amabilis q.v.).. 
PHALAENOPSIS INTERMEDIA. Native of the Philippine Islands. 
A pretty species generally regarded as a natural hybrid between P. amabilis and 
P. rosea. General form of the plant similar to P. Aphrodite. Flower spike erect 
and arched, brownish-purple. Flowers, about 24 inches across, are white, the 
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