Phalaenopsis mirabilis
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| Phalaenopsis mirabilis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Phalaenopsis |
| Species: | P. mirabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Phalaenopsis mirabilis (Seidenf.) Schuit. | |
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| distribution of Phalaenopsis mirabilis | |
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Phalaenopsis mirabilis is a species of orchid native to Vietnam and Thailand.[1] The specific epithet mirabilis means wonderful, marvelous, or extraordinary.[2]
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This species is a miniature, warm to cool-growing branch and canopy epiphyte. It has a short stem, which is enclosed in leaf sheaths. The leaves are oval-elliptic and unequally bilobed at the apex. 0.7 cm wide flowers arise from pendent to erect, 8-10 cm long, few to several flowered inflorescences.[3] Flowering occurs from September to October.[4]
