| Phalaenopsis amabilis, (Linnaeus) Blume |
| Publication: | Phalaenopsis amabilis (L.) Bijdr.
Fl. Ned. Ind.
7:294. 1827. |
| This
species was described for the very first as Epidendrum amabile
in the book "Species Plantarum" by Linné in the year 1753. You can read
this description in the following pages of the book: Sp. Pl. 2:953. 1753. |
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| Section: | Phalaenopsis |
| Distribution: | Australia (Queensland), New Guinea, Philippines and Indonesia. |
| Etymology: |
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| Synonyms: |
Angraecum album majus Rumphius, Herb. Amb. 6:99, t43. 1750 |
| Epidendrum amabile Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2:953. 1753 | |
| Epidendrum amabile Swartz, Nov. Act. Ups. 6:67. 1799 | |
| Epidendrum amabile Schrader's Journ. Bot. 2:210. 1799 | |
| Epidendrum amabile Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 4:115 | |
| Epidendrum amabile Persoon, Synopsis Plantarum 2:518 | |
| Cymbidium amabile Roxburgh, Hort. Beng. 63. 1814 | |
| Cymbidium amabile Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 3:457 | |
| Synadena amabilis Raf., Fl. Tellur. Cent. 9:805. 1836 | |
| Phalaenopsis rosenstromii F.M.Bailey. Queensl. Agric. Journ. xvii:231. 1906 | |
| Phalaenopsis gloriosa (Rchb.f. 1888) | |
| Phalaenopsis aphrodite var. gloriosa Rchb.f. 1891 | |
| Phalaenopsis grandiflora Lindl.
1848 |
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| Phalaenopsis grandiflora var. gracillima Burb. 1882 | |
| Phalaenopsis amabilis
Blume var. rimestadiana Linden. 1901 |
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| Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume var. fournieri Cogn. 1898 | |
| Phalaenopsis amabilis var ramosa Van Deventer. 1935 | |
| Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume var. grandiflora Bateman. 1867 | |
| Phalaenopsis rimestadiana Linden & Rolfe, 1905 | |
| Phalaenopsis pleihary Burgeff 1968 | |
| Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume var. aphrodite subvar. gloriosa Ames. 1908 | |
| Phalaenopsis celebica Van Vloten. 1932 | |
| Phalaenopsis X Elisbethae (= amabilis x rimestadiana) Vacherot. 1927 | |
| Varieties: | Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume var. fuscata Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 20:214. 1862. |
| Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume var rosenstromii (F.M.Bailey) Nicholls. Australian Orchid Review 14.1949 | |
| Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume f. fuscata (Rchb.f.) O. Gruss & M.Wolff. Orchid. Atlas:319. 2007 | |
| Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume subsp. moluccana (Schltr.) Christenson. Phalaenopsis: a monograph:189. 2001 | |
| Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume subsp. rosenstromii (F.M.Bailey) Christenson. Phalaenopsis: a monograph:190. 2001 | |
| Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume var. moluccana | |
| Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume var. papuana Orch. Deut.-Neu-Guinea: 968. 1913 | |
| Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume var. cinerascens J.J.Sm., 1917 | |
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| Hybrid Name | Pod | Pollen | Registered by | Year |
| Amabell | bellina | amabilis | Orchids Ltd (R-J. Quené) | 2007 |
| Ambriata | amabilis | fimbriata | Fredk. L. Thornton | 1981 |
| Artemis | amabilis | equestris | Veitch | 1892 |
| Bataan | amabilis | aphrodite | Rapella Orchid Co | 1943 |
| Belle de Cernier | amabilis | corningiana | Luc Vincent | 1997 |
| Bogoriensis | amabilis | gigantea | Buitenzorg Botanic Gardens | 1856 |
| Celebes Beauty | amabilis | celebensis | Hou Tse Liu | 2003 |
| Chickadee | lindenii | amabilis | Dr/Mrs Robert J Griesbach | 1982 |
| Chitari Dream | amabilis | sanderiana | T. Ban | 2011 |
| Confirmation
= x rothschildiana |
rimestadiana
amabilis |
schilleriana
schilleriana |
Bultel
Hybride Naturel |
1925 1887 |
| Deventeriana | amabilis | amboinensis | Van Deventer | 1927 |
| Elisabethae | amabilis | rimestadiana | Vacherot & Lecoufle | 1927 |
| x flava | javanica | amabilis | Ayub S Parnata | 1982 |
| Florabilis | amabilis | floresensis | E. Burkhardt | 1999 |
| Formosa Dream | amabilis | lobbii | Hou Tse Liu | 1992 |
| Formosa Star | micholitzii | amabilis | Morris Young | 1991 |
| Fuscatilis | amabilis | fuscata | Dr S. L. Minne (J & L. Orchids) | 1968 |
| Gilles Gratiot | aphrodite | rimestadiana | Gratiot | 1920 |
| Harriettiae | amabilis | violacea | Veitch | 1887 |
| Hiroshima Amaraspis | amabilis | speciosa | Masao Kobayashi | 1994 |
| John Seden | amabilis | lueddemanniana | Veitch | 1888 |
| Kung's Amar Philip | amabilis | philippinensis | Kung's | 1997 |
| Leda | amabilis | stuartiana | Veitch | 1888 |
| Little Spot | amabilis | inscriptiosinensis | Luc Vincent | 2006 |
| Little Star | cornu-cervi | amabilis | Royal Botanical garden Peradeniya | 1962 |
| Maria-Theresia Berod | amabilis | wilsonii | Luc Vincent | 1994 |
| Paskal Terang | pantherina | amabilis | Ayub S Parnata | 1984 |
| Putrianda | modesta | amabilis | Atmo Kolopaking | 1989 |
| Pulamab | pulchra | amabilis | Luc Vincent | 2004 |
| Rimesand | amabilis | sanderiana | Guillaumin | 1923 |
| San Shia Ama | amabilis | maculata | Hou Tse Liu | 2004 |
| Sakura Shower | amabilis | fasciata | Mukaishima Orch. Center | 2006 |
| Sumabilis | amabilis | sumatrana | F C Atherton | 1938 |
| Tariflor Singerflora | amabilis | pallens | Tari | 2007 |
| Thor-Flame | amabilis | mannii | Thornton's (Mrs Lester McCoy) | 1963 |
| Venolis | venosa | amabilis | Zuma Canyon Orchids Inc. | 1991 |
| Versailles | rimestadiana | sanderiana | Vacherot | 1929 |
| Viviane Dream | amabilis | cochlearis | Luc Vincent | 1999 |
| Yoshino(= Versailles) | amabilis | sanderiana | Baron Toshita Iwasaki | 1924 |
| Not registered | amabilis | parishii | |
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| Not registered | amabilis | tetraspis | |
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