Monday, July 4, 2016

Borneophals list updates

I have not updated the borneophals species list in a while because there has not been too much activity. Since the last update, I lost a Phal. maculata and a Phal. pantherina, but managed to reacquired another Phal. pantherina plus a very small seedling of Phal. doweryensis for the collection. Other species that have been acquired are Coelogyne odoardi (endemic to Borneo) and Sarcochilus falcatus (endemic to Australia).

This past month has seen a few nice bloomings including a first bloom from an 'Amami Island' Neofinetia falcata. This plant was left outside for a month in the California "winter", but brought in when temperatures dropped below 35F. It appears that this treatment is enough to induce blooms in the summer which are very fragrant at night. It's a delightful species, and I can definitely understand the current obsession for this species, especially with its long history in Japan.

Neofinetia falcata




Borneo Phalaenopsis species list

SpeciesDistribution
Phalaenopsis amabilisBorneo, Indonesia, Australia, Papua New Guinea 
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, Burma, 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, Burma, Thailand

- Species highlighted green are the ones I currently have in the collection.


Other orchid species from Borneo in the collection

SpeciesDistribution
Cymbidium ensifoliumWidespread, including Borneo
Coelogyne odoardiEndemic to Borneo
Dyakia hendersonianaEndemic to Borneo
Paphiopedilum kolopakingiiEndemic to Borneo
Paphiopedilum lowiiBorneo, West Malaysia, Indonesia 
Paphiopedilum rothschildianum Endemic to Borneo
Paphiopedilum sanderianumEndemic to Borneo
Paphiopedilum stoneiEndemic to Borneo
Paraphalaenopsis labukensisEndemic to Borneo
Pteroceras hirsutumEndemic to Borneo

Other Phalaenopsis species in the collection

SpeciesDistribution
Phalaenopsis lindeniiPhillipines
Phalaenopsis javanicaIndonesia
Phalaenopsis speciosaNicobar Islands
Phalaenopsis stuartuania Phillipines
Phalaenopsis violaceaWest Malaysia

Other orchid species in the collection

SpeciesDistribution
Bulbophyllum lasiochilum West Malaysia, Thailand, Burma
Cymbidium goeringiiIndia, Bhutan, China, Taiwan, Japan
Neofinetia falcataChina, Korea, Japan
Sarcochilus falcatusEndemic to Australia