Phalaenopsis subg. Ornithochilus

Phalaenopsis subg. Ornithochilus is a subgenus of the genus Phalaenopsis^[1][2] native to Southeast Asia and the Indian Himalayas.^[3]

Phalaenopsis subg. Ornithochilus
Phalaenopsis difformis illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Phalaenopsis
Subgenus:	Phalaenopsis subg. Ornithochilus (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit.
Species
See here

Description

Phalaenopsis difformis flower

Vegetative characteristics

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

Generative characteristics

The flowers are small to medium sized.^[3] The spurred labellum^[3] is immobile. The column is 0.1–0.3 cm long.^[4]

Taxonomy

Publication

It was first published as Aerides sect. Ornithochilus Wallich ex Lindley by John Lindley based on previous work by Nathaniel Wallich in 1833.^[3] It was later integrated into the genus Phalaenopsis Blume on the subgeneric level as Phalaenopsis subg. Ornithochilus (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit. published by Alexander Kocyan and André Schuiteman in 2014.^[5][1]

Species

It consists of the following species:

• Phalaenopsis cacharensis (Barbhuiya, B.K.Dutta & Schuit.) Kocyan & Schuit.^[6]
• Phalaenopsis difformis (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit.^[6]
• Phalaenopsis yingjiangensis (Z.H.Tsi) Kocyan & Schuit.^[6]