taneously. Flowers are outstanding, often called ‘candy-strips’ flowers. They are
crystalline white, with violet or pink stripes fading toward the tip. The lip is white,
with intense pink stripes and a brilliant pink blotch in the center, contrasting
with the pale yellow callus spotted with red and the pink column. Many growers
consider this species to be the most charming in the whole genus, but it remains
rare in cultivation, due mainly to the reputation of being difficult to maintain and
to flower. It is only necessary to give this species slightly cooler temperatures than
the other species to succeed in cultivating it. A pure white form, with absolutely
no trace of coloration exists. I know this form only from a photograph from Hou
Tse Liu and this variant has never been formally described.
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Literature Cited
Biais, B., Falcinelli, A. & Lafarge, D., 2011. Phalaenopsis regnieriana f. aurea. Orchidophile (Asnières) 190: 189.
Christenson, E.A., 2001. Phalaenopsis: A monograph. 396 p. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.
Michel, M., 2010. Will the Real Doritaenopsis please stand up? Phalaenopsis, 20(2): 17, 27-28.
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Captions
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1 – Phal. buyssoniana in cultivation. 11/ 2009 (M. Gunther); 2 – Phal. pulcherrima in cultivation. 08/ 2010
(D. Lafarge); 3 – Phal. pulcherrima f. coerulea in cultivation. 09/ 2010 (D. Lafarge); 4 – Phal. pulcherrima f alba in
cultivation (Alfa Orchidées). 08/ 2010 (D. Lafarge); 5 – Phal. pulcherrima var. champornensis in cultivation
08/ 2009. (Courtesy Greg Allikas); 6 – Phal. regnieriana f. aurea in cultivation 05/2011 (D. Lafarge); 7 – Phal.
celebensis (white form) in cultivation. 01/ 2009 (M. Gunther); 8 – Phal. equestris in cultivation (Alfa Orchidées).
08/ 2010 (D. Lafarge); 9 – Phal. equestris in R. Warner, B.S. Williams & T. Moore, The Orchid Album, Victoria
and Paradise Nurseries, 1887; 10 – Phal. equestris f. alba in cultivation. 07/ 2010 (M. Gunther); 11 – Phal.
equestris f. aurea in cultivation (Alfa Orchidées). 10/ 2009 (D. Lafarge); and 12 – Phal. lindenii in cultivation
(Alfa Orchidées). 08/ 2010 (D. Lafarge).
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