The following is a list of Phalaenopsis species accepted by Plants of the World Online at February 2022: Image Name Distribution Elevation in metres (m) Phalaenopsis amabilis (L.) Blume East Malaysia to Papuasia 0– 600 m Phalaenopsis amboinensis J.J.Smith Ambon Island, Sulawesi, Papua and New Guinea and Indonesia Phalaenopsis aphrodite Rchb.f Philippine Islands, Sulu Archipelago, and Taiwan Phalaenopsis appendiculata CarrPahang, Malaysia to northeastern Borneo Phalaenopsis bastianii O.Gruss & L.Röllke the Philippines - Luzon, in the Sulu Archipelago Phalaenopsis bellina Christenson Borneo 200 m and below Phalaenopsis boulbetii (Telepova) J.M.H.Shaw Cambodia Phalaenopsis buyssoniana Rchb. f. Indochina, Thailand, and Vietnam Phalaenopsis cacharensis (Barbhuiya, B.K.Dutta & Schuit.) Kocyan & Schuit. India (Cachar, Assam) Phalaenopsis celebensis Sweet Sulawesi Phalaenopsis chibae T.Yukawa Vietnam 400 – 600 m Phalaenopsis cochlearis Holttum Malaysia and Sarawak, Borneo 450 – 700 m Phalaenopsis corningiana Rchb. f. Borneo 450 – 610 m Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi (Breda) Blume & Rchb.f. India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Nicobar Islands, Malaysia, Java, Borneo, Sumatra, and the Philippines 1000 m and below Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb. f. India to SE Asia, Java, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines 600 m and below Phalaenopsis difformis (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit.Assam India, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, western Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, Malayasia, Laos, central and southern China, Vietnam, Borneo and Sumatra 300 – 1600 m Phalaenopsis doweryensis Garay & Christenson Sabah150 m Phalaenopsis equestris (Schauer) Rchb.fTaiwan - Hsiao Lan Yü to the Philippines 0 – 300 m. Phalaenopsis fasciata Rchb.f the Philippines Phalaenopsis fimbriata J.J.Sm. Java, Sumatra and Sarawak 790 – 1300 m. Phalaenopsis finleyi Christenson Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam Phalaenopsis floresensis Fowlie island of Flores in Indonesia 150 – 500 m Phalaenopsis fuscata Rchb. f.Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, to Philippines - Palawan island 0 – 1000 m Phalaenopsis gibbosa H.R.SweetLaos, northern Vietnam, South-Central China 0 – 1000 m Phalaenopsis gigantea J.J.Smith Sabah, Borneo, Java and Sarawak 0 – 400 m Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica (Rchb.f) Sweet 1969the Philippines - Luzon, Leyte, Samar, Palawan, and Mindanao islands Phalaenopsis honghenensis F.Y. LiuYunnan, China and Vietnam 2000 m Phalaenopsis hygrochila J.M.H.ShawAssam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam 700–1300 m Phalaenopsis inscriptiosinensis FowlieCentral Sumatra 914 m and below Phalaenopsis japonica (Rchb.f.) Kocyan & Schuit.W Yunnan, Zhejiang, Japan (Southern areas to Ryukyu Islands), Korea (Jeollanam-do). 600 – 1400 m Phalaenopsis javanica J.J.Sm.Western Java Phalaenopsis kapuasensis Metusala & P.O'ByrneKapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia 50 – 200 m Phalaenopsis kunstleri Hook.f.Myanmar to Malaysia Phalaenopsis lindenii Loherthe Philippines - Luzon island 1000 – 1500 m Phalaenopsis lobbii (Rchb.f.) H.R.SweetHimalayas, NE India, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar and Vietnam 366 – 1200 m Phalaenopsis lowii Rchb.fMyanmar, Thailand and Borneo 800 m. Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana Rchb.fthe Philippines below 100 m. Phalaenopsis luteola (Burb. ex Garay) Christenson & O.GrussNorthwestern Borneo Phalaenopsis maculata Rchb.fMalaya to Borneo and Sulawesi 0 – 1000 m Phalaenopsis malipoensis Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen China - Yunnan and Vietnam Phalaenopsis mannii Rchb.fIndian Himalayas, Assam, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar, southern China and Vietnam 500 – 1500 m Phalaenopsis mariae Burbidge ex Warner & WilliamsNortheastern Borneo to the Philippines - Mindanao 600 m Phalaenopsis marriottiana (Rchb.f.) Kocyan & Schuit. Guangxi China and Myanmar 1300 m Phalaenopsis mentawaiensis O.GrussMentawai Islands of Sumatra Phalaenopsis micholitzii Rchb.f.the Philippines - Mindanao island 400 m Phalaenopsis mirabilis (Seidenf.) Schuit.Thailand and Vietnam 680–1300 m Phalaenopsis modesta J.J.Sm.Borneo 50 – 900 m Phalaenopsis mysorensis C.J.SaldanhaMysore, India and Sri Lanka Phalaenopsis natmataungensis (T.Yukawa, Nob.Tanaka & J.Murata) Dalström & OrmerodMyanmar1700 – 1950 m Phalaenopsis pallens (Lindley) Rchb.fthe Philippines - Luzon and Mindanao islands 500 m Phalaenopsis pantherina Rchb.f.Borneo 0 – 800 m. Phalaenopsis parishii Rchb.f.eastern Himalayas, Assam India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam below 500 m Phalaenopsis philippinensis Golamco ex Fowlie & C.Z.Tangthe Philippines - Luzon island up to 1200 m Phalaenopsis pulcherrima (Lindl.) J.J.Sm.Assam India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Yunnan and Xizang China, Vietnam, Borneo and Sumatra Phalaenopsis pulchra (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweetthe Philippines - Luzon island 100 – 650 m Phalaenopsis reichenbachiana Rchb.f. & Sanderthe Philippines - Mindanao island Phalaenopsis robinsonii J.J.Sm. Ambon, Maluku. the Moluccas Phalaenopsis rundumensis P.J.Cribb & A.L.LambSabah Phalaenopsis sanderiana Rchb.f.the Philippines - Mindanao island Phalaenopsis schilleriana Rchb.f the Philippines - Luzon, Mindoro, and Biliran islands 0 – 450 m Phalaenopsis stobartiana Rchb.f.China - southeastern Tibet to Guangxi Phalaenopsis stuartiana Rchb.f.the Philippines - Mindanao island below 300 m Phalaenopsis subparishii (Z.H.Tsi) Kocyan & Schuit..N Fujian, N Guangdong, NE Guizhou, SW Hubei, Hunan, NE Sichuan, Zhejiang. 300 – 1100 m Phalaenopsis sumatrana Korth. & Rchb.f. Indochina, Borneo to Philippines - Palawan island 700 m Phalaenopsis taenialis (Lindl.) Christenson & Pradhan 1986 Himalayas, Assam India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar, to China - Yunnan 1000 – 2500 m Phalaenopsis tetraspis Rchb.f. Andaman and Nicobar Islands to northwestern Sumatra 0 m. Phalaenopsis thailandica O.Gruss & RoethThailand Phalaenopsis tsii (M.H.Li, Z.J.Liu & S.R.Lan) Hua Deng, Z.J.Liu & Yan WangChina (Hunan) 1200 – 1850 m Phalaenopsis ubonensis (O.Gruss) J.M.H.Shaw Thailand and Laos 150–400 m Phalaenopsis venosa Shim & Fowlie Celebes Islands, Sulawesi 450–1000 m. Phalaenopsis violacea Witte Malaya to Sumatra 150 m. Phalaenopsis viridis J.J.Sm Sumatra 700 – 1000 m Phalaenopsis wilsonii Rolfe Sichuan, Eastern Tibet, Yunnan, and Guangxi, China, Vietnam, Tibet, Myanmar, India 800 – 2200 m Phalaenopsis yingjiangensis (Z.H.Tsi) Kocyan & Schuit.Yunnan China, Thailand and India 1584 m Phalaenopsis zhejiangensis (Z.H.Tsi) Schuit. Zhejiang China 300 – 900 m Phalaenopsis × amphitrite Kraenzl. Mindanao, Philippines Phalaenopsis × gersenii (Teijsm. & Binn.) Rolfe Borneo and Sumatra Phalaenopsis × intermedia Lindl. Philippines Phalaenopsis × leucorrhoda Rchb.f. Philippines Phalaenopsis × lotubela O.Gruss, Cavestro & G.Benk Sumatra Phalaenopsis × rolfeana H.R.Sweet Philippines Phalaenopsis × singuliflora J.J.Sm. Borneo Phalaenopsis × valentinii Rchb.f. Malaya Phalaenopsis × veitchiana Rchb.f. Philippines
Newly described species Several new species have been described recently and are listed as accepted species in the database of Kew, Plants of the World Online. Phalaenopsis arunachalensis K.Gogoi & Rinya (2020)Gogoi, K., & Rinya, K. (2020). "Phalaenopsis arunachalensis sp. nov.(Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Aeridinae)-A new epiphytic orchid from Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India." Lankesteriana, 20(3), 275-280. Phalaenopsis putaoensis X.H.Jin & H.A.Mung (2021)Aung, M. H., & Jin, X. (2021). Phalaenopsis putaoensis (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae, Vandeae), a new species from Kachin State, Myanmar. Phytotaxa, 484(2), 244-246. Phalaenopsis yarlungzangboensis (2022) (first suggested name for Phalaenopsis medogensis) Chong-Bo, M., Xi-Long, W., Wen-Shuai, C., Zheng, L., & Jin, X. H. (2022)."Phalaenopsis yarlungzangboensis (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae, Vandeae), a new species from Xizang, China." ARPHA Preprints, 3, e89376. Phalaenopsis medogensis X.H. Jin & C.B. Ma (2022)Ma C-B, Wang X-L, Chen W-S, Liu Z, Jin X-H (2022) Phalaenopsis medogensis (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae, Vandeae), a new species from Xizang, China. PhytoKeys 214: 39–46. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.93607
Intergeneric hybrids The following is a list of intergeneric hybrids recognised by the Royal Horticultural Society that includes species of Phalaenopsis as ancestors, as at February 2022:
× Aeridopsis (Aerides × Phalaenopsis) × Arachnopsis (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis) × Cleisonopsis (Cleisocentron × Phalaenopsis) × Diplonopsis (Diploprora × Phalaenopsis) × Edeara (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vandopsis) × Ernestara (Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vandopsis) × Eurynopsis (Eurychone × Phalaenopsis) × Laycockara (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis × Vandopsis) × Luinopsis (Luisia × Phalaenopsis) × Lutherara (Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Rhynchostylis ) × Macekara (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vanda × Vandopsis) × Moirara (Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vanda) × Parnataara (Aerides × Arachnis × Phalaenopsis) × Phalaerianda (Aerides × Phalaenopsis × Vanda) × Phalandopsis (Phalaenopsis × Vandopsis) × Phalphalaenopsis (Phalaenopsis × Paraphalaenopsis) × Renanthopsis (Phalaenopsis × Renanthera ) × Rhynchonopsis (Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis) × Sappanara (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera) × Sarconopsis (Phalaenopsis × Sarcochilus) × Trevorara (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis × Vanda) × Trichonopsis (Phalaenopsis × Trichoglottis) × Uptonara (Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis × Sarcochilus) × Vandaenopsis (Phalaenopsis × Vanda) × Yapara (Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis × Vanda) × Yeepengara (Aerides × Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis × Vanda)
The following artificial hybrids are listed at Plants of the World Online, although many of the parent genera are now synonyms of other genera, including Vanda, Renanthera and Phalaenopsis: × Asconopsis (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis) × Beardara (Ascocentrum × Doritis × Phalaenopsis) × Bogardara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vanda × Vandopsis) × Bokchoonara (Arachnis × Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vanda) × Devereuxara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vanda) × Doriellaopsis (Doritis × Kingiella × Phalaenopsis) × Doritaenopsis (Doritis × Phalaenopsis) × Dresslerara (Ascoglossum × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera ) × Hagerara (Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Vanda) × Hausermannara (Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Vandopsis) × Himoriara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis × Vanda) × Isaoara (Aerangis × Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vanda) × Lichtara (Doritis × Gastrochilus × Phalaenopsis) × Meechaiara (Ascocentrum × Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis × Vanda) × Nakagawaara (Aerides × Doritis × Phalaenopsis) × Owensara (Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera) × Paulara (Ascocentrum × Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vanda) × Pepeara (Ascocentrum × Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera) × Phaliella (Kingiella × Phalaenopsis) × Pooleara (Ascocentrum × Ascoglossum × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera) × Richardmizutaara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vandopsis) × Rhyndoropsis (Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis) × Roseara (Doritis × Kingiella × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera) × Sidranara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera) × Sladeara (Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Sarcochilus) × Stamariaara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vanda) × Sutingara (Arachnis × Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vanda × Vandopsis) × Trautara (Doritis × Luisia × Phalaenopsis) ×Vandewegheara (Ascocentrum × Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Vanda)
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