Phalaenopsis fasciata

Phalaenopsis fasciata
Phalaenopsis fasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Phalaenopsis
Subgenus: Polychilos
Species: P. fasciata
Binomial name
Phalaenopsis fasciata
(Rchb. f.) Shim 1982
Synonyms
  • Polychilos fasciata (Rchb. f.) Shim 1982

Phalaenopsis fasciata is an endemic species of orchid from the Philippines. The flower is small, dark yellow in color and contains thin brown stripes to petals and sepals. The color of this species is nearly similar to Phalaenopsis reichenbachiana but only differs from lip detail which is not triangular.


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Last modified on 19 March 2013, at 18:21