Phalaenopsis amabilis

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Phalaenopsis amabilis']

• English: Moth orchid
• مصرى: فالاينوبسيس امبيليس
• Basa Bali: Anggrék bulan
• čeština: můrovec vznešený
• español: Orquídea luna
• فارسی: ارکیده ماه
• suomi: Valkoperhoskämmekkä
• Bahasa Indonesia: Anggrek Bulan
• Jawa: Anggrèk Wulan
• Bahasa Melayu: Anggerik bulan
• Nederlands: Maanorchidee
• русский: Фаленопсис приятный
• Sunda: Anggrék bulan
• українська: Фаленопсис приятный
• 粵語: 白蝴蝶蘭
• 中文: 白花蝴蝶蘭, 美丽蝴蝶兰
• 中文（中国大陆）: 蝴蝶兰
• 中文（臺灣）: 蝴蝶蘭

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Vandeae • Subtribus: Aeridinae • Genus: Phalaenopsis • Species: Phalaenopsis amabilis (L.) Blume (1825)

Synonyms

- see: Wikispecies

Type species

Species

Images of the whole plant

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  Phalaenopsis amabilis

Flowers

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  Phalaenopsis amabilis

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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  (Java type)
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  (Java type)
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  (Java type)
  Labellum
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  (Java type)
  Labellum
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  (Java type)
  Labellum

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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  (Sabah type)
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  (Sabah type)
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  (Sabah type)
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  (Sabah type)
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  (Sabah type)
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  (Sabah type)
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  (Sabah type)
  Labellum
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  (Sabah type)
  Labellum

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  Phalaenopsis amabilis var. aurea
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis var. aurea
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis var. aurea
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis var. aurea
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis var. aurea

Buds

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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  (Java type)
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  (Java type)
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  (Sabah type)

Botanical illustrations

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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  plate 194 in:
  C. L. Blume:
  Rumphia
  (1835-1848)

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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  plate 199 in:
  C. L. Blume:
  Rumphia
  (1835-1848)

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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  plate 4297 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 73,
  (1847)
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  plate 1 in:
  Thomas Moore:
  Illustrations of
  Orchidaceous Plants
  (1857)

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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  (as syn.
  Phalaenopsis grandiflora)
  plate 5184 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 86,
  (1860)
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  plate 114 in:
  James Bateman:
  A Second Century of
  Orchidaceous Plants
  London (1867)
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  (as syn.
  Phalaenopsis grandiflora)
  plate 34 in:
  Émile de Puydt:
  Les orchidées
  (1880)
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  (as syn.
  Phalaenopsis grandiflora)
  Plate 277 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  illustration in:
  John Day:
  The John Day Scrapbooks,
  (1883)
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  (as syn.
  Phalaenopsis grandiflora
  var. aurea)
  plate 11 in:
  Frederick Sander:
  Reichenbachia I,
  (1888)
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  plate 736-737 in:
  Jean Jules Linden
  L. Linden & E. Rodigas:
  Lindenia
  (1885-1906)
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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  figure 416 in:
  Johannes Jacobus Smith:
  Die Orchideen von Java
  Figuren-Atlas - 5. Heft
  Leiden (1912)

Subspecies - Varietas - Forma

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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  subsp. moluccana

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  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  subsp. rosenstromii

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Asia-Tropical Indo-China Vietnam. Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea. Australasia Australia Queensland.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Phalaenopsis amabilis.