PHAL^NOPSIS 



to be found in the oichid famih The plants are natives 

 of the hot legions of India and the Malaj Aichipelago, 

 gioninj; on tiunks of tiees and bides of rocks under 

 leratuie and great moisture. 



ikibh heautiful m form and color. 



r sp( Lies aie borne in graceful 



PHAL.ENOPSIS 



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exclude indirect solar influence, as plants grown with 

 overabundant shade, heat and moisture make weak 

 tissue and a thin cuticle incapable of withstanding 

 in temperature and humidity to which they' 

 are subjected more or less during the winter months. 

 Such careless treatment invariably results in either wet 

 or dry spot, and the plants, having no pseudobulbs, are 

 liable to perish 



Basket or c\lindtr cultun suits them best, and they 

 ill II II \ Iff iiti iL uili IS itbisket 



I i I . lib 

 1 hue .1 to 

 iho compost 

 it the roots to 

 1 estmg period 

 becoming dry 

 t reely and give 

 I. When the 

 U weak liquid 

 be given once 



till 



occasional 

 plants 11 



cow Ol 1 1 [I 



There is no special means of propa 

 gation young plants are often produced 

 on the flower scapes, and the old flower 

 scapes if bent down on the wet sphag 

 nura can sometimes be induced to send 

 up young plants jj m Qkey 



INDEX 



A. Pei 



rh hy.Hifler than the 



1735. Phalaenopsis : 



See No 



drooping panicles, on which they usually all face in one 

 direction. 



The plants are of monopodial growth, having short 

 stems which increase slowly in length: Ivs. few, thick, 

 leathery, often mottled : inflorescence a raceme or 

 panicle, large, or not longer than the Ivs. : sepals spread- 

 in sr, the lateral ones more or less united with the base 

 of the column: petals about as large as the sepals or 

 very much broader; labelluiu variously shaped but 

 united with the base of the column. About 40 species. 

 Heinrich Hasselbring. 



The species of Phalienopsis are all truly epiphytal, 

 mid are fouiul i^rowing in their native habitats on rocks 

 and trees at very low altitudes or at sea-level in moist 

 but .iiTiii i-NiHisr,! situations wliiTe the rains during 

 III.'!!- ji-.,'.. Ill- -•:i-iii III" ii-.'.|iii'iii and excessive, and 

 111 1. during the night 



aii'l , : - I . . I 1 h.- day. They are 



pnih'Uiiill'. n;iii\r.- ,.t til,. I ■!iiii!-|,iii,- Islands, eastern 

 In.lia. .Malaya. Sumatra, .lava and Borneo, many of 

 the individual species growing over a wide range of 



B. /,"'.. //;()/) /(■///( iipicui appen- 

 .l.nj.s: ,.^.-l,lli(m short. 

 c. Ajjtcal appendages 

 cirrhoiis. 

 D. Middle lobe very niir- 



row I . amabilis 



DD. Middle lobe trowel- 



shaped 2. Aphrodite 



cc. Apical appendages short, 

 horn-like. 



D. Lvs. green 3. intermedia 



DD. ii'.s-. mottled, at hiisf 



E. /7s. n-hite 4. Stuartiana 



EE. Fls. rose-piiriile ."i. Schilleriana 



BB. Labellum without apiral 

 a ppend ag e s : roxtellii ni 



long (i. Lowii 



AA. Pefalu scarcelt) or not at alt 

 broader than the sepals. 

 B. Claw of tin' lah.lliim irllh 

 horn - liki' a/,/,, mla,,, x l„ 

 low till hii, r<i/ l,.i„ s 7. Esmeralda 



BB. Clawofthi liilii-lliiiii irilh.iill 



appendages. 

 c. Apex of the labellum 



notched 8. amethystina 



cc. Apex of the labellum en- 



D. Jfachis compressed: 

 bracts fleshy. 

 E. Middle lobe of the 

 labellum fleshy, 



rounded 9. violacea 



EE. Middle lobe of the 

 lahrlhnn rresrenl- 

 shaped 10. Comn-cervi 



