Tuesday, April 29, 2014

New addition: Phalaenopsis maculata

I have been holding back on new purchases lately, but this week I gave in, owing to the fact that Oakhill Gardens have had two species that is on the borneophals list below for a while now and I'd be disappointed if they were sold out. One of them is Phal. maculata as the post title suggests, and the other is another Phal. amabilis but of the grandiflora form as opposed to the one that I have now, which is supposedly the 'Sabah' form. I have yet to flower any amabilis in the grow area to confirm it, but I think this species generally sulk before they finally acclimate.

There was a great update from on Phal. rundumensis on the ranwild.org phal grower's website. Click on this link to access the article where they did side by side comparisons between Phal. doweryensis and Phal. rundumensis, which is quite compelling. Here's a screenshot of the images of the two phals. It would be great to initiate a sequencing effort for all the phal species and clarify their relationship between each other.

Borneo Phalaenopsis species list 006


SpeciesDistribution
Phalaenopsis amabilisBorneo, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Australia 
Phalaenopsis appendiculata Borneo, West Malaysia
Phalaenopsis bellinaEndemic to Borneo 
Phalaenopsis borneensisEndemic to Borneo
Phalaenopsis cochlearisEndemic to Borneo
Phalaenopsis corningianaEndemic to Borneo
Phalaenopsis cornu-cerviBorneo, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand
Phalaenopsis deliciosaBorneo, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Philippines 
Phalaenopsis doweryensisEndemic to Borneo
Phalaenopsis fimbriataBorneo, Indonesia
Phalaenopsis fuscataBorneo, West Malaysia, Philippines
Phalaenopsis giganteaEndemic to Borneo
Phalaenopsis lamelligeraEndemic to Borneo
Phalaenopsis maculataEndemic to Borneo
Phalaenopsis mariaeBorneo, Philippines
Phalaenopsis modestaEndemic to Borneo
Phalaenopsis pantherinaEndemic to Borneo
Phalaenopsis rundumensisEndemic to Borneo
Phalaenopsis sumatranaBorneo, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand

- Species highlighted green are the ones I currently have.

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