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The three other species of this subgenus are also closely allied to P . lobbii . These species are P . gibbosa H . R . Sweet [= P . petelotii ], P . thailandica Gruss & Roeth ( Fig . 8 ) and P . malipoensis Z . J . Liu & S . C .
Chen ( Fig . 9 ).
Examination of the genus will continue in the next issue with Phalaenopsis subgen . Polychilos .
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Literature Cited
Christenson , E . A ., 2001 . Phalaenopsis : A monograph . 396 p . Timber Press , Portland , Oregon .
Sweet , H . R ., 1980 . The Genus Phalaenopsis , 128 p . Orchid Digest Publishing .
Tsai , C . -C ., 2011 . Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography of Phalaenopsis Species , pages 1-24 . In Chen , H . -H . ( ed ). Orchid Biotechnology II . 380 p . Singapore : World Scientific Publishing .
Tsai , C . C ., Huang S . C . and C . H . Chou , 2006 . Molecular phylogeny of Phalaenopsis Blume ( Orchidaceae ) based on the internal transcribed spacer of the nuclear ribosomal DNA . Plant Systematics and Evolution , 256 : 1-16 .
Acknowledgements
I thank Alain Brochart , Martin Günther , and L ’ Orchi-vie for the pictures they kindly gave me permission to use here . I also want to thank Albert Falcinelli and Michel Ancel ( Alfa Orchidées ) for welcoming me into their greenhouses , in order to observe living material and take photographs . I ’ d also like to thank Pierre Authier , who edited this article for publication in the French Orchid Society Bulletin .
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1 – Phalaenopsis appendiculata . In cultivation . 11 / 2009 ( Photo D . Lafarge ). 2 – Phalaenopsis appendiculata f . alba . In cultivation . 11 / 2007 ( Photo M . Günther ). 3 – Phalaenopsis parishii . In cultivation . 06 / 2008 ( Photo M . Günther ). 4 – Phalaenopsis parishii f . alba . In cultivation 04 / 2011 ( Photo L ’ Orchi-vie , RQ ). 5 – Phalaenopsis lobbii . In cultivation . 02 / 2002 ( Photo A . Brochart ). 6 – Phalaenopsis parishii var . lobbi ( Plate 263 ) in G . King and R . Pantling ,
The Orchids of the Sikkim-Himalaya , Bengal Secretariat Press , 1898 . 7 – Phalaenopsis lobbii f . flavilabia . ( Photo M . Günther ). 8 – Phalaenopsis thailandica . In cultivation . 02 / 2011 ( Photo D . Lafarge ). 9 – Phalaenopsis malipoensis . In cultivation . 06 / 2008 ( Photo M . Günther ).
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