Phalaenopsis subg. Hygrochilus

Phalaenopsis subg. Hygrochilus is a subgenus of the genus Phalaenopsis.^[1][2]

Phalaenopsis subg. Hygrochilus
Phalaenopsis hygrochila in flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Phalaenopsis
Subgenus:	Phalaenopsis subg. Hygrochilus (Pfitzer) Kocyan & Schuit.
Species
See here

Description

Phalaenopsis subparishii flower

Illustration of Phalaenopsis marriottiana

Vegetative characteristics

The species are epiphytic, monopodial herbs.^[3]

Generative characteristics

The labellum is spurred.^[3] The flowers have four pollinia.^[3]

Taxonomy

Publication

It was first published as Hygrochilus Pfitzer by Ernst Hugo Heinrich Pfitzer in 1897^[4] with Hygrochilus parishii (Rchb. f.) Pfitzer. as the type species.^[5] It was later integrated into the genus Phalaenopsis Blume on the subgeneric level as Phalaenopsis subg. Hygrochilus (Pfitzer) Kocyan & Schuit. published by Alexander Kocyan and André Schuiteman in 2014.^[6][1]

Species

It consists of the following species:

• Phalaenopsis hygrochila J.M.H.Shaw
• Phalaenopsis japonica (Rchb.f.) Kocyan & Schuit.^[7]
• Phalaenopsis marriottiana (Rchb.f.) Kocyan & Schuit.^[7]
• Phalaenopsis subparishii (Z.H.Tsi) Kocyan & Schuit.^[7]
• Phalaenopsis tsii (M.H.Li, Z.J.Liu & S.R.Lan) Hua Deng, Z.J.Liu & Yan Wang^[2]