Phalaenopsis mariae

Phalaenopsis mariae

Phalaenopsis mariae is a species of orchid in the genus Phalaenopsis, so in honor of his wife Maria Burbidge the describer of FWT Burbidge was named.

Features

Phalaenopsis mariae is monopodial. Mostly the plant grows as an epiphyte. It has a short stem. The 3-6 ligulate to elliptic tapered dark green, slightly fleshy leaves are up to 8 cm wide and 35 cm long. At the relatively long and often branched inflorescences that hang down form usually several zygomorphe flowers that open at the same time. The flower is a total 4-5 inches tall. The elliptic sepals and petals are slightly smaller elliptical bent slightly at the open flower from the base to the front. The basic color of relatively fleshy varies from white to milky white with longitudinally running different sized red spots and stain build-up on the petals. Around the area of the scar is a violet color in varying degrees. The lip is three-lobed and about 2 cm long, the callus crescent- shaped and covered with some white hairs. The flower smells slightly.

In pollinated flowers the petals wilt not, instead, they are green until full maturity of the seed capsule.

In the articles on Phalaenopsis bastianii to find distinguishing features, as these two species exhibit great morphological similarities.

Dissemination

Phalaenopsis mariae found endemic in the Philippines and Sabah area of Borneo at altitudes of 600 meters.

History

Phalaenopsis mariae was in 1878 by F.W.T. Burbidge, the former director of the Botanic Garden of Trinity College (Dublin), in the Sulu Archipelago found. Burbidge was commissioned by Veitch and Sons go. 1883 the plant was first described by Burbidge in Warners and Williams The Orchid Album.

Today, it is because of the similarity to Phalaenopsis bastianii and various crosses between the two species difficult, pure Phalaenopsis mariae to obtain, which is why often wild imports are required, which threaten the survival of plants in their natural habitats.