Phalaenopsis malipoensis
Posted on August 24, 2015
20143166 from FNC
1a. Roots strongly flattened; leaves deciduous; inflorescences few flowered; floral bracts small, scarious; lateral lobes of
lip with flaplike flanges; callus biseriate; pollinia 4, on a spatulate stipe (P. subg. Aphyllae (H. R. Sweet) Christenson).
2a. Spur prominent, a continuation of angle formed by junction of lip mid-lobe and lateral lobes.
3a. Dorsal sepal 8–9 mm; flowers pink; column stout, broadly dilated at stigma; lip mid-lobe flat .................... 1. P. taenialis
3b. Dorsal sepal 12–15 mm; flowers green or green suffused with bronze; column cylindric, not
dilated at stigma; lip mid-lobe convex ............................................................................................................. 2. P. braceana
2b. Spur not prominent, apparently absent or forming a small nipple-shaped structure beneath posterior callus.
4a. Lip mid-lobe obcordate with a central apical fleshy knob ................................................................................. 3. P. wilsonii
4b. Lip mid-lobe not obcordate, without a terminal notch.
5a. Flowers deep green; lip mid-lobe oblanceolate, without any conspicuous constriction ....................... 4. P. stobartiana
5b. Flowers rose-pink; lip mid-lobe with a conspicuous constriction.
6a. Lip mid-lobe flared below apex producing a 3-lobulate mid-lobe; flowers pink .......................... 5. P. hainanensis
6b. Lip mid-lobe widest below apex, apical margin reflexed along midvein, forming a
subtubular apex that may appear emarginate in natural position; flowers pink or pale green ... 6. P. honghenensis
1b. Not with above combination of characters.
7a. Leaves deciduous or evergreen; pollinia 4; lip mid-lobe mobile; lip lateral lobes erect, subparallel,
diverging in middle to form a U-shaped compound structure; column with prominent swellings
at base (P. subg. Parishianae (H. R. Sweet) Christenson).
8a. Lip mid-lobe white and orange or orange-yellow, broadly triangular, 4–5 mm, 3-lobulate; basal
callus deeply forked, with a crested crescent-shaped appendage in middle, each arm of callus
dividing into 2 filiform-linear antennae to 3 mm ........................................................................................ 7. P. malipoensis
8b. Lip mid-lobe white with 2 broad longitudinal chestnut-brown stripes, reniform or subtriangular,
9–11 mm, rounded-obtuse; basal callus of 4 filiform appendages superposed over a semicircular,
± reniform callus with minutely irregularly subdenticulate margins .................................................................... 8. P. lobbii
7b. Not with above combination of characters.
9a. Lip mid-lobe anchor-shaped; lateral lobes of lip producing a raised tooth along leading edge;
flowers produced simultaneously; petals conspicuously narrower than sepals; callus triseriate;
sepals and petals pale yellow with dark brown spots and bars; lip slightly saccate at base
created by folding (P. subg. Polychilos (Breda) Christenson) ............................................................................ 9. P. mannii
9b. Lip mid-lobe not as above; lateral lobes of lip smooth, lacking a toothlike ridge; callus solitary;
flowers essentially unmarked, white or pink (P. subg. Phalaenopsis).
10a. Petals much broader than sepals; flowers white, callus variably marked with yellow and red;
mid-lobe of lip subrhombic, with 2 long apical tails (cirri); callus solitary, erect, upper edge
terminating in 2 pairs of subparallel teeth ............................................................................................ 10. P. aphrodite
10b. Petals and sepals subsimilar; other characters not as above combination.
11a. Lateral lobes of lip with toothlike flaps, obliquely elliptic-obovate, spreading; callus
uniseriate, longitudinal, bifid; flowers produced sequentially over long periods ....................... 11. P. deliciosa
11b. Lateral lobes of lip without toothlike flaps, oblong-oblanceolate, erect-incurved; callus
uniseriate, peltate, quadrangular, apex truncate; flowers all opening simultaneously ................ 12. P. equestris
Phalaenopsis malipoensis Z. J. Liu & S. C. Chen, Acta Bot.
Yunnan. 27: 37. 2005.
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Roots flattened, to 50 cm. Stems short, enclosed in leaf
sheaths. Leaves 3–5, subbasal, deciduous, or 1 or 2 persistent in
winter, oblong to elliptic, 4.5–7 × 3–3.6 cm, base broadly cuneate-
rounded, apex obliquely obtuse to acute. Inflorescences 3
or 4, arising from base of stem, racemose, 8–15 cm, laxly 3- or
4-flowered; peduncle green, with 2–4 membranous sheaths;
rachis straight; floral bracts yellow-green, triangular-lanceolate,
2–4 mm, acuminate. Flowers 1.2–1.6 cm in diam., sepals and
petals white, sometimes tinged yellowish, lip white and orange
or orange-yellow, tinged brownish on disk and central part of
mid-lobe, column white with 1 or 2 crescent-shaped or semiorbicular
brown markings at base in front; pedicel and ovary
white tinged pale green, 1–1.3 cm. Dorsal sepal oblong-elliptic,
7–9 × 3–4 mm, obtuse; lateral sepals obliquely ovate-elliptic,
6–7 mm, 4–5 mm wide at base, base adnate to column foot,
sometimes dorsally carinate. Petals spatulate or narrowly obovate,
6–8 × 2–3 mm, rounded; lip 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect,
subparallel, diverging in middle to form a U-shaped compound
structure, sublanceolate, 2–3 mm, with 2 orange and brownish
tinged calli on disk in between; mid-lobe mobile, broadly triangular,
4–5 × 6–7 mm, 3-lobulate; basal callus deeply forked,
with a crested crescent-shaped appendage transversely lyingnear middle, each arm of callus dividing into 2 filiform-linear
antennae to 3 mm. Column 4–5 mm, foot 1–2 mm. Fl. Apr–
May.
? Epiphytic on trees in sparse forests and on forest margins; 600–
1300 m. S Yunnan (Lincang, Malipo).
Phalaenopsis malipoensis, award 20143166, has been
confirmed to be Phalaenopsis malipoensis by SITF (August 2015).Â
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