| Phalaenopsis pulchra photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Reichenbach f.) Sweet, Herman Royden |
| published in | American Orchid Society Bulletin 37 : 1102 1968 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Vandeae | |
| subtribe | Aeridinae | |
| genus | Phalaenopsis Blume 1825 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 38 | |
| metabolism | CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. | |
| (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
| it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
| native of | origins | forests of The Philippine (Luzon, Balete Pass, Leyte, Nueva Ecija) |
| altitude | 100 - 650 m (330 - 2145 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Tacloban (Eastern Visayas, Leyte, Philippines) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 350 m / 1155 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Tacloban this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 45 m' to 11 h 15 m' | |
| life form | epiphite | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 26 - 33 cm (10.4" - 13.2"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 3 - 4 | |
| size | single flower 5 L 5 cm (2" L 2"), inflorescence L cm | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 60 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
