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Phalaenopsis amabilis, commonly known as the moon orchid, moth orchid, [7] or mariposa orchid, [8] is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae. It is widely cultivated as a decorative houseplant .
Phalaenopsis (/ ˌ f æ l ɪ ˈ n ɒ p s ɪ s /), also known as moth orchids, [2] is a genus of about seventy species of plants in the family Orchidaceae.Orchids in this genus are monopodial epiphytes or lithophytes with long, coarse roots, short, leafy stems and long-lasting, flat flowers arranged in a flowering stem that often branches near the end.
Mariposa orchid, literally "butterfly" orchid in Spanish, can refer to: . Phalaenopsis amabilis, also called the "moon orchid" or "moth orchid", a species of orchid native to the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia
First meaning comes from French and Russian revolutionaries and symbolises revolution and workers. Red carnations also symbolise love and courtship. In folksongs and folk traditions, when young men in the country villages were calling girls in the night under their windows and serenading them, receiving a red carnation bouquet meant, that the ...
The following is a list of intergeneric hybrids recognised by the Royal Horticultural Society that includes species of Phalaenopsis as ancestors, as at February 2022: [6]. × Aeridopsis (Aerides × Phalaenopsis)
Phalaenopsis aphrodite subsp. aphrodite; Phalaenopsis aphrodite subsp. formosana Christenson; Distribution of Phalaenopsis aphrodite: Synonyms [3] [4] Synonyms of Phalaenopsis aphrodite subsp. aphrodite. Phalaenopsis amabilis Lindl. Phalaenopsis ambigua Rchb.f. Phalaenopsis erubescens Burb. Synonyms of Phalaenopsis aphrodite subsp. formosana ...
LG = language: (L)atin or (G)reek L = derived from Latin, or both Classical Latin and Greek (unless otherwise noted) G = derived from Greek H = listed by Harrison, and (except as noted) by Bayton
Rafflesia arnoldii is one of the three national flowers in Indonesia, the other two being the white jasmine (Jasminum sambac) and moon orchid (Phalaenopsis amabilis). [8] It was officially recognized as a national "rare flower" (Indonesian: puspa langka) in Presidential Decree No. 4 in 1993. [9]