Phalaenopsis buyssoniana is a species of orchid native to Thailand and Vietnam.
Description It is a robust terrestrial, lithophyte with oblong-elliptic to elliptic-obovate, silvery green leaves up to 25 cm in length and 9.5 cm in width. The surface is finely spotted in purple. Rose-pink flowers are produced on erect racemes. This species has been found to be tetraploid with a chromosome count of 76 chromosomes (2n = 2x = 76).Christenson, E. A. (2001). Phalaenopsis: a monograph. Timber Press (OR). It similar in appearance to Phalaenopsis pulcherrima, but it has larger flowers, larger leaves and longer inflorescences. These attractive features creates a high demand of the species.Rungruchkanont, K. In Vitro Young Leaf Culture of Doritis Pulcherrima Var. Buyssoniana. Problems with fruit set may arise in the creation of interspecific hybrids.Rungruchkanont, K., & Promchot, T. (2016, March). Role of plant growth regulators on fruit set and embryo culture of interspecific Phalaenopsis. In I International Symposium on Tropical and Subtropical Ornamentals 1167 (pp. 119-126).
Etymology The specific epithet buyssoniana honours the French botanist François-Charles, comte du Buysson (1825–1906).Olaf Gruss "Phalaenopsis ubonensis aka Doritis ubonensis - A new species from Thailand and Laos" Phalaenopsis Journal of the International Phalaenopsis Alliance, Fourth Quarter, p. 13 and 26, Vol. 24(4) 2014
Conservation The IUCN has not assessed this species conservation status. It is however protected unter the CITES appendix II regulations of international trade.
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