Phalaenopsis amabilis (L.) 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.


Section: Phalaenopsis


Distribution: Australia (Queensland), New Guinea, Philippines and Indonesia.


Etymology: from latin word amo (to love) with suffix -abilis. Pleasant, lovely.


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

Phalaenopsis grandiflora var. gracillima Burb. 1882

Phalaenopsis amabilis Blume var. rimestadiana Linden. 1901

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


Flowering: Mainly in winter and spring, but possible all year.



Photos of Phalaenopsis amabilis in culture:
Alain Brochart
Frankie Handoyo
Bernard Zurecki
Stanley Hendrawidjaja
Alain Brochart
Alain Brochart
Alain Brochart
Elisabeth Kerschbaum
René Klinge
Libor Jankovsky
Alain Brochart
Alain Nicolas
Alex Chuit
Sascha Heikens
Lanfu Wang
Ilona Kowalska
Rock Hsia
Rock Hsia
Rock Hsia
Rock Hsia
Lanfu Wang
Lanfu Wang
Lanfu Wang
Ilona Kowalska
Corbin Fletcher
Alain Brochart
Tropical Exotique
Helmut Demel
Helmut Demel
David Sucianto
David Sucianto
Philip Wojtas
Petra Pils
Butterfly Dance
Heike
Alba.Men
Jack Wong
Jack Wong
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Peter Zerche
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Phalaenopsis amabilis

Alain Brochart
Alain Brochart
Elisabeth Kerschbaum
Elisabeth Kerschbaum
Alain Brochart
Alain Brochart
Alain Brochart
Micael Liu
Petra Pils
Heike
Alba.Men
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Werner Schachtsiek
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Lip detail

Botanical or horticultural varieties:
Hou Tse Liu
Umberto Paris
Alain Brochart
Micael Liu
Micael Liu
Micael Liu
Lanfu Wang
Helmut Demel
Martin Günther
Micael Liu
Alba.Men
Werner Schachtsiek
Helmut Demel
Gene Tobia
Micael Liu
Micael Liu
Alba.Men
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Phalaenopsis amabilis var. aurea

Bernard Lagrelle
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Phalaenopsis amabilis var. vinicolor

Rock Hsia
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Phalaenopsis amabilis var. moluccana

Rock Hsia
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Phalaenopsis amabilis var. papuana

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Phalaenopsis amabilis var. rosenstromii

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Phalaenopsis amabilis Mentawai

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Phalaenopsis amabilis Palawan

Primary hybrids: You can view Phalaenopsis amabilis primary hybrids by species from the graphic page or via the following alphabetical listing.
Hybrid Name Pod Pollen Registered by Year
A Benick rimestadiana stuartiana P. Wolter 1933
Aladdin amabilis hieroglyphica Alain Brochart 2012
Amabell bellina amabilis Orchids Ltd (R-J. Quene) 2007
Amabracea amabilis honghenensis Luc Vincent 2012
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 1935
Burgeff's Bloom deliciosa amabilis Burgeff 2013
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 rimestadiana schilleriana G. Bultel 1925
Deventeriana amabilis amboinensis Van Deventer 1927
Eduardo Quisumbing amabilis pulcherrima John H Miller 1956
Elisabethae amabilis rimestadiana Vacherot & Lecoufle 1927
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 Dr Jean Gratiot 1920
Harriettiae amabilis violacea Veitch 1887
Helga Lukassen tetraspis amabilis Felix Lukassen 2017
Hiroshima Amaraspis amabilis speciosa Masao Kobayashi 1994
John Seden amabilis lueddemanniana Veitch 1888
K. D. Morgenstern Burgeff pleihary lueddemanniana Sweet (Burgeff) 1968
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
Nagomasa japonica amabilis E.Tamaki 1998
Paskal Terang pantherina amabilis Ayub S Parnata 1984
Pulamab pulchra amabilis Luc Vincent 2004
Putrianda modesta amabilis Atmo Kolopaking 1989
Rimesand amabilis sanderiana Guillaumin 1923
Rothschildiana amabilis schilleriana Hort. 1887
Sakura Shower amabilis fasciata Mukaishima Orch. Center 2006
San Shia Ama amabilis maculata Hou Tse Liu 2004
Star of Future amabilis pulchra Sweet (Burgeff) 1968
Sumabilis amabilis sumatrana F C Atherton 1938
Tariflor Singerflora amabilis pallens Tari 2007
Thor-Flame amabilis mannii Fredk. L. Thornton (Mrs Lester McCoy) 1963
Venolis venosa amabilis Zuma Canyon Orchids Inc. 1991
Versailles rimestadiana sanderiana Vacherot & Lecoufle 1923
Viviane Dream amabilis cochlearis Luc Vincent 1999
Yoshino amabilis sanderiana Baron Toshita Iwasaki 1924
Younes Resal rimestadiana equestris Gratiot 1919
Not registered amabilis parishii


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