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.


Section: Phalaenopsis


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


Etymology:



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:



Photos of Phalaenopsis amabilis:
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Bernard Zurecki
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Alain Brochart
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Frankie Handoyo
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Stanley Hendrawidjaja
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Alain Brochart
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Alain Brochart
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Alain Brochart
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Elisabeth Kerschbaum
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Libor Jankovsky
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René Klinge
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Alain Brochart
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Alain Nicolas
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Alex Chuit
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Sascha Heikens
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Lanfu Wang
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Ilona Kowalska
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Rock Hsia
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Rock Hsia
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Rock Hsia
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Rock Hsia
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Rock Hsia
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Rock Hsia
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Rock Hsia
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Rock Hsia
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Rock Hsia
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Lanfu Wang
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Lanfu Wang
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Lanfu Wang
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Ilona Kowalska
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Corbin Fletcher
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Alain Brochart

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Tropical Exotique
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Helmut Demel

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Helmut Demel
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David Sucianto
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David Sucianto

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Philip Wojtas

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Petra Pils
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Butterfly Dance
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Heike
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Alba.Men


Phalaenopsis amabilis

Photo : Alain Brochart
Alain Brochart
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Alain Brochart
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Elisabeth Kerschbaum
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Elisabeth Kerschbaum
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Alain Brochart
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Alain Brochart
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Micael Liu

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Petra Pils
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Heike

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Alba.Men

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Alba.Men



Lip detail

Botanical or horticultural varieties:
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Hou Tse Liu
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Umberto Paris
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Alain Brochart
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Alain Brochart
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Micael Liu
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Micael Liu
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Micael Liu

Photo : Lanfu Wang

Lanfu Wang
Photo : Hou Tse Liu
Hou Tse Liu
Photo : Helmut Demel
Helmut Demel
Photo : Martin Gunther
Martin Gunther
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Micael Liu
Alba.Men
Werner Schachtsiek
Werner Schachtsiek






amabilis var. aurea

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Bernard Lagrelle










amabilis var. vinicolor













amabilis var. moluccana













amabilis var. papuana


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
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  
Not registered amabilis tetraspis  

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