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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
Image Name Distribution Elevation in metres (m) Phalaenopsis amabilis (L.) Blume: East Malaysia to Papuasia: 0– 600 m Phalaenopsis amboinensis J.J.Smith: Ambon Island, Sulawesi, Papua and New Guinea and Indonesia
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
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 ...
The genus name Paphiopedilum was established by Ernst Hugo Heinrich Pfitzer in 1886; it is derived from Paphos (a city in Cyprus, a place sacred to Aphrodite. It was said she landed at the site when rose from the sea as her birth.) and Ancient Greek pedilon "slipper". No paphiopedilum occurs on Cyprus – at least not as the genus is understood ...
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] Some of the species endemic to the Philippines such as P. stuartiana , P. sanderiana and P. schilleriana , have had the greatest influence on hybridizing than any other ...