Phalaenopsis malipoensis
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| Phalaenopsis malipoensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Phalaenopsis |
| Species: | P. malipoensis |
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| Phalaenopsis malipoensis Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen | |
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Phalaenopsis malipoensis, also known as 麻栗坡蝴蝶兰 (ma li po hu die lan) in Chinese,[1] is a species of orchid native to South-Central China and Vietnam.[2] The specific epithet malipoensis refers to the Chinese locality Malipo, which is a hotspot for biodiversity research in Yunnan Province, China.[3]
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These plants have short stems enclosed in leaf sheaths, which produce flattened, up to 50 cm long adventitious roots. The stem bears 3-5 oblong-elliptic, deciduous, 4.5-7 cm long and 3-3.6 cm wide leaves. Sometimes 1-2 leaves persist throughout the winter. Throughout April to May white, 1.2-1.6 cm wide flowers with a yellow labellum are produced on 3-4 axillary racemes, which produce 3-4 flowers each. The callus on the labellum produces four 3 mm long filiform-linear antennae.[1]
Ecology
In China this plant occurs on trees in sparse forests and forest margins at elevations of 600-1300 m.[1] In Vietnam it has been described to grow in submontane evergreen broad-leaved humid forests on karstic limestone at elevations of 1000–1100 m above sea level. In Vietnam it grows under comparable ecological conditions.[4]
