Phalaenopsis Orchids

Miniature Orchid Kingidium deliciosum Phalaenopsis deliciosa

17/03/2010

The miniature orchid Kingidium deliciosum (Rchb.f) H.R. Sweet 1970 has first been classified in the year 1854 by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach as Phalaenopsis deliciosa. In 1970 the American botanist Herman Royden Sweet (1909 – 1992) renamed the small orchid as Kingidium deliciosum. The epiphytic growing miniature orchid is endemic to the Himalayas, India (Assam, Sikkim), Read More »

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Phalaenopsis Taida Super Jewel

03/03/2010

Phalaenopsis Taida Super Jewel

Phalaenopsis Taida Super Jewel is an epiphytic growing orchid hybrid, a cross breeding between the hybrids Phalaenopsis Super Seven (seed parent) and Phalaenopsis Hwafeng Redjewel (pollen parent). Phalaenopsis Taida Super Jewel has been registered with the Royal Horticultural Society in the year 2001 by Taida Orchids, an orchid nursery in Bridgewater, a township in Somerset Read More »

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Phalaenopsis violacea Borneo Phalaenopsis bellina

27/12/2009

Phalaenopsis violacea Borneo, Phalaenopsis bellina

Phalaenopsis violacea Teijsm. & Binn. 1862 Borneo (Phalaenopsis bellina), in common parlance called “The beautiful Phalaenopsis”, is a Phalaenopsis orchid species endemic to Malaysia and Borneo (Kalimantan). The tropical orchid grows epiphytic on branches of trees at elevations beyond 200 meters. The flowers grow to a size of about 5 cm and are higly fragrant. Read More »

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