Phalaenopsis appendiculata

This species grows on narrow branches. The very short stems bear two to four, elliptic or oblong-elliptic, coriaceous leaves, which may reach up to 7 cm in length and 3.5 cm in width. Spotted, violet flowers are produced in succession on short, few-flowered, suberect racemes. The specific epithet appendiculata refers to the longitudinal rows of appendages on the three-lobed labellum.^[3]

Artificial asymbiotic seed germination techniques have been studied.^[4] Conservation efforts can benefit from artificial propagation of rare and endangered species.^[5] Both ex situ and in situ conservation can benefit from in vitro seed germination, as the process increases adaptive evolutionary changes and as a result there is more genetic variation in reintroduced populations.^[6]