Phalaenopsis equestris

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Phalaenopsis equestris']

• مصرى: فالاينوبسيس اكيستريس
• русский: Фаленопсис наездник
• українська: Фаленопсис наїзник
• 中文: 粉紅蝴蝶蘭, 小蘭嶼蝴蝶蘭, 小兰屿蝴蝶兰
• 中文（简体）: 小兰屿蝴蝶兰, 桃红蝴蝶兰, 半屿小蝴蝶兰, 兰屿小蝴蝶兰
• 中文（繁體）: 桃紅蝴蝶蘭
• 中文（香港）: 桃紅蝴蝶蘭
• 中文（臺灣）: 小蘭嶼蝴蝶蘭

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Vandeae • Subtribus: Aeridinae • Genus: Phalaenopsis • Species: Phalaenopsis equestris (Schauer) Rchb. f. (1850)

Synonyms

Basionym Stauroglottis equestris Schauer, Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 432 (1843) Heterotypic synonyms Phalaenopsis rosea Lindl., Gard. Chron. 1848: 671 (1848) Phalaenopsis equestris var. leucaspis Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 15: 688 (1881) Phalaenopsis rosea var. deliciosa Burb., Garden (London 1871-1927) 22: 119 (1882) Phalaenopsis equestris var. leucotanthe Rchb.f. ex God.-Leb., Orchidophile 3: 490 (1883) Phalaenopsis rosea var. leucaspis Rolfe, Gard. Chron., n.s., 26: 276 (1886) Phalaenopsis rosea var. aurantiaca Gower, Garden (London 1871-1927) 41: 216 (1892) Phalaenopsis riteiwanensis Masam., Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 24: 213 (1934) Phalaenopsis equestris var. alba H.R.Sweet, Orchids (West Palm Beach) 38: 334 (1969) Phalaenopsis equestris var. rosea Valmayor & D.Tiu Philipp. Orchid Rev. A-V(3): 18 (1983) Phalaenopsis equestris f. alba (H.R.Sweet) Christenson, Phalaenopsis: 244 (2001) Phalaenopsis equestris f. aurea Christenson, Phalaenopsis: 245 (2001) Phalaenopsis equestris f. cyanochila O.Gruss, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 52: 749 (2001)

Images of the whole plant

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Subspecies - Varietas - Forma

Accepted name by KEW: Phalaenopsis equestris

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Botanical illustrations

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  plate 72 in first Edition:
  J. Lindley & J. Paxton:
  Paxton's Flower Garden
  (Orchidaceae)
  (1850-1853)

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  plate 5212 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
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  page 67 in:
  Louis van Houtte:
  Flore des serres et
  des jardins de l’Europe
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 16,
  (1865 - 1867)
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  Plate 268 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Asia-Temperate Eastern Asia Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Malesia Philippines.

References

Description of taxon

• Reichenbach, H.G. (1850) Linnaea 22: 864.

Selected Bibliography

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2014) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 233 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199646517
  

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Phalaenopsis equestris.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Phalaenopsis equestris
• eMonocot link: Phalaenopsis equestris
• Tropicos link: Phalaenopsis equestris
• International Plant Names Index link: Phalaenopsis equestris
• The Plant List link: Phalaenopsis equestris