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Phalaenopsis pallens is an species in the genus Phalaenopsis.
Description[]
Plant blooms from fall to early spring with up to four 3.5 to 4 cm flowers. Plant can bloom off of the same inflorescence again if it is undamaged.
This species was first described by Lindley as Trichoglottis pallens from a plant grown by Duke of Devonshire in 1849. Reichen bach recognized Lindley's mistake and transfered it to the genus Phalaenopsis in 1864
Distribution[]
Plants are found growing in the lowland forest of the Philippines at elevations around 500 meters
Culture[]
Grow in warm temperatures. Pot in medium fir bark and keep in partial shade. Water about once a week. Keep plant fairly moist but not wet.
Varieties[]
Naming[]
Common Names: Pale Colored Phalaenopsis
Synonyms[]
- Phalaenopsis denticulata Rchb. f. 1887
- Phalaenopsis foestermannii Rchb.f 1887
- Phalaenopsis lueddemannia var. pallens Burb. 1882
- Phalaenopsis mariae var. alba Ames & Quisumb. 1935
- Phalaenopsis mariae var alba Burbidge ex Warner ?
- Phalaenopsis pallens f. alba (Ames & Quisumb.) Christenson 2001
- Phalaenopsis pallens f. fourmaniana O.Gruss 2001
- Phalaenopsis pallens var. alba [Ames & Quis] Sweet 1969
- Phalaenopsis pallens var. pallens [Lindley]Rchb.f 1864
- Phalaenopsis pallens var. trullifera Sweet 1968
- Polychilos pallens (Lindl.) Shim 1982
- Stauropsis pallens Rchb. f. 1860
- *Trichoglottis pallens Lindley 1850
References[]
- Sweet, Herman R.. The Genus Phalaenopsis. The Orchid Digest, 1980.