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Orchid Species: Phalaenopsis violacea
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Phalaenopsis violacea is an orchid species identified by H.Witte in 1861.
Genus
Phalaenopsis (Phal.)
Grex
violacea
(name currently accepted by Kew)
(name currently accepted by Kew)
Parents
Species
Author
H.Witte
Year
1861
ORIGIN: Found in the Malaya peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra at elevations around 150 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Small to medium sized, hot growing, pendulous epiphyte with a very short stem carrying 3 to 4, elliptical, obtuse, undulate gradually narrowing below into the basally clasping leaves that varies from P bellina by being smaller leafed and with smaller flowers, as well as being easier to cross breed but the results are not as good as with P bellina which is a reluctant breeder from Borneo. P violaceae has extremely fragrant flowers occurring in the spring that are borne one by one in succession on a pendant, stout, jointed, fractiflex, 4 to 5 [10 to 12.5 cm] long inflorescence with a flattened, zigzag rachis with several [2 to 7], successive flowers with 2 to 3 open at any one time.
FLOWER SIZE: 1.4 inches [3.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
DESCRIPTION: Small to medium sized, hot growing, pendulous epiphyte with a very short stem carrying 3 to 4, elliptical, obtuse, undulate gradually narrowing below into the basally clasping leaves that varies from P bellina by being smaller leafed and with smaller flowers, as well as being easier to cross breed but the results are not as good as with P bellina which is a reluctant breeder from Borneo. P violaceae has extremely fragrant flowers occurring in the spring that are borne one by one in succession on a pendant, stout, jointed, fractiflex, 4 to 5 [10 to 12.5 cm] long inflorescence with a flattened, zigzag rachis with several [2 to 7], successive flowers with 2 to 3 open at any one time.
FLOWER SIZE: 1.4 inches [3.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
| Genus Name | Genus | Grex Name | Year | Author | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add+ | Polychilos | Polychilos | violacea | 1982 | (H.Witte) Shim |
| Add+ | Stauritis | Stauritis | violacea | 1862 | (H.Witte) Rchb.f. |
| Add+ | Stauropsis | Sp | violacea | 1862 | (H.Witte) Rchb.f. |
Most awarded/recent cultivars:
Phal. violacea f. alba 'Akka'
(6 awards from
2010
to
2011)
Phal. violacea f. alba 'Multi'
(5 awards from
2011
to
2018)
Phal. violacea h.v. sumatrana 'Strub'
(4 awards from
2013
to
2018)
Phal. violacea 'Peggy Ozmer'
(4 awards from
1961
to
1968)
Phal. violacea 'Freddy'
(3 awards from
1971
to
2002)
Phal. violacea 'Borneo Moon'
(3 awards from
1966
to
1967)
Phal. violacea f. alba 'Kiel'
(2 awards in
2018)
Phal. violacea f. alba 'Strub'
(2 awards from
2011
to
2016)
Phal. violacea f. alba 'Hocheis'
(2 awards in
2016)
Phal. violacea f. alba 'Anja'
(2 awards from
2010
to
2013)
Phal. violacea 'Gerda'
(2 awards from
2011
to
2013)
Phal. violacea f. alba 'Gayle Nance'
(2 awards in
2010)
Phal. violacea f. alba 'Tejas Ghost'
(2 awards in
2007)
Phal. violacea f. alba 'SP White X'mas'
(2 awards in
2007)
Phal. violacea var. alba 'Marilyn'
(2 awards in
1991)
Phal. violacea 'Blue Blood'
(2 awards from
1987
to
1988)
Phal. violacea var. alba 'Botany Bay'
(2 awards in
1988)
Phal. violacea 'Maria Vasquez'
(2 awards from
1983
to
1988)
Phal. violacea 'Shamrock'
(2 awards in
1984)
Phal. violacea 'Harford's Orange'
(2 awards in
1982)
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