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However, a short time later he saw a copy of the same drawing in Lindley’s collection (see illustration
#5). It was this Korthals illustration that Reichenbach based his 1860 description of P. sumatrana.
Charles Curtis (1853-1928) found the plant in 1881 in the hot, damp orests of Palembang
area growing on tree trunks, well-shaded, overhanging rivers in close association
with P. violacea. Korthals published his drawing sometime before 1839
(undoubtedly 1833). It was in fact, described as a Phalaenopsis inscriptiosinensis and
not the species currently known under the name of Phalaenopsis sumatrana.
The name P. acutifolia is a printer’s typo error at the beginning of the description, where
the printer used italics instead of roman type for the description.
Primary Hybrids:
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Pod
Pollen
Registered by
Year
Ambotrana .......... sumatrana ..... amboinensis .......... Fredk. L. Thornton .......... 1965
David Ai .............. gigantea ......... sumatrana ............. I. Dobkin ........................... 1977
Double Eagle ....... corningiana ... sumatrana ............. I. Dobkin ........................... 1974
Elizabeth Todd ... sumatrana ..... lueddemanniana .. Fort Caroline Orchids ..... 1970
Equitrana ............ equestris ......... sumatrana ............. Fredk. L. Thornton .......... 1967
Fimbritrana ........ sumatrana ..... fimbriata ............... H.M. Wallbrunn ............... 1970
Flores Summer ... floresensis ....... sumatrana ............. Hou Tse Liu ...................... 2005
Gersenii ............... violacea .......... sumatrana ............. Natural Hybrid ................. 1917
Gerserana ............ sanderiana ..... sumatrana ............. Marcel Lecoufle ................ 1981
Hargianto ............ mannii ........... sumatrana ............. A. Kolopaking ................... 1986
James Burton ..... mariae ............ sumatrana ............. MAJ Orchids ..................... 1977
Kathy Kornahrens . sumatrana ..... fasciata ............... H. Wallbrunn .................... 1973
Maria Dream . schilleriana .... sumatrana ............ L. Vincent ......................... 2001
Modestrana ....modesta ......... sumatrana ............ J.R. Gairns ......................... 2001
Oberhausen Smart . sumatrana . venosa ............... Orchid. E. Baumann ........ 1988
Purbo Sejati ........sumatrana ... fuscata .............. A.S. Parnata ...................... 1983
Purple Sum ........ sumatrana ... pulcherrima ..... L. Vincent ......................... 2004
Sabina and Gabriel . sumatrana ... pulchra ............ I. Perosini .......................... 2012
Singuliflora .......... bellina ........... sumatrana ........Natural Hybrid ................. 1932
Siu-Fang Lin ........ javanica ......... sumatrana .........A. Kolopaking ...................1981
Stern Von Martell .. lindenii ........... sumatrana ...........Martell Orchids ................ 1984
Sulaceous ............. violacea .......... sumatrana ............. Ft. Caroline/H.Wallbrunn . 1975
Sumabilis ............. amabilis ......... sumatrana ............. F. Atherton ........................ 1938
Sumascript .......... sumatrana ..... inscriptiosinensis .. H. Demel ........................... 2012
Sumaspice ........... tetraspis ......... sumatrana ............. A. Brochart/K. Klinge ..... 2003
Sumatranosp ....... speciosa ......... sumatrana ............. M. Kobayashi .................... 1995
Sumitz .................. sumatrana ..... micholitzii ............. H. Wallbrunn .................... 1973
Susanti ................. sumatrana ..... stuartiana ............. A. Kolopaking ................... 1975
Tiger Cub ............ cornu-cervi .... sumatrana ............. H. Wallbrunn .................... 1972
Phalaenopsis | Second Quarter | Volume 24 | 2014
Subgenus: Polychilos - Section: Fuscatae
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