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Polychilos gibbosa is an orchid species identified by (H.R.Sweet) Shim in 1982. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Phalaenopsis gibbosa.
ORIGIN: This epiphytic, hot to warm growing species is found in Laos, and Vietnam in broad leafed, evergreen, lowland forests at elevations of sea-level to 1000 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Mini-miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with a short stem carrying a fan of 4 to 5, very broad oblong, deciduous leaves that blooms on a near leafless stem, a 6 [15 cm] long, branched, somewhat zigzag, several [8 to 10] flowered inflorescence occurring in the later winter and early spring.
FLOWER SIZE: 0.6 inches [1.5 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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