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Found in Himalayan mountains, Southern India and rest of Southeast Asia, the most number of species for this genus of orchids are found in the Philippines. The country represents the center of Phalaenopsis orchids with about twenty two species [5] and several natural hybrids, more than any other country in the world. [6]
Near Threatened [1] Scientific classification; Kingdom: ... Paphiopedilum philippinense is a species of orchid occurring from the Philippines to northern Borneo. [1 ...
In 2004, a motion was filed in the House of Representatives of the Philippines to declare the waling-waling as the country's national flower, replacing the sampaguita. [9] [10] In 2013, a bill was passed by the Philippine Senate declaring the waling-waling as a national flower alongside the sampaguita. [11]
In the late 1970s, Jim Cootes attended a combined Sydney Orchid Societies show. This started his interest in orchids again, and he went to a book shop in the mall and purchased a book about growing orchids. In 1977 he made his first trip to the Philippines at the urging of his Filipino workmates. His first trip to the mountains of central Luzon ...
Spathoglottis plicata is an evergreen, terrestrial herb that forms tall clumps. It has crowded pseudobulbs 40–60 mm (1.6–2.4 in) long and 20–40 mm (0.8–2 in) wide, each with three or four pleated leaves 50–90 mm (2–4 in) long and 8–15 mm (0.3–0.6 in) wide on a stalk 80–150 mm (3–6 in) long.
Trichoglottis mindanaensis is a species of epiphytic orchid endemic to the Philippines [2] growing at elevations of 60 to 1,500 meters above sea level. The species was first found on trees overhanging a tidal stream in island of Mindanao in Zamboanga peninsula, hence the specific epithet. [3]