RHH's photos with the keyword: violacea

Phalaenopsis have become a popular houseplants. At least here in the United States they are available at grocery stores and box stores. Those available, however, are complex hybrids that have been bred over many generation and usually have long arching flower stems with many flowers. This Phalaenopsis is very different. It's a species that has only one or two flowers per stem at a time, though it produces flowers for many months, and the stems are very short, carrying the flowers just above the broad leaves. This species is from Sumatra and Malaysia and is an "alba" form, that is, it has none of the purple markings of the ordinary form.

This Phalaenopsis species, one of the few I grow, is from Malaysia and Sumatra and is intensely fragrant. It only produces one flower at a time on a flower spike, but blooms over a long period of time, the flower spikes producing flowers for years.

Native to Borneo.

This species is from Borneo and is sometimes referred to as Phalenopsis violacea var. borneo.

This is the albino form of Phalaenopsis violacea, without the purple color of the ordinary form. I bought it as P. violacea, that is, but I think it is actually the species now known as P. bellina. It is a first bloom seedling and I was reasonably pleased with it, though I had hoped for slightly better shape. It is native to Malaysia and Borneo. orchidsinbloom-ron.blogspot.com/2012/09/phalaenopsis-viol...

Another recent shot of the previous flower.

I purchased this as Phalaenopsis violacea but wonder if it is in fact Phalaenopsis bellina. Perhaps this close-up photo will help with identification. The species, if it is Phal. violacea, is from Malaysia and the island of Sumatra. It is beautifully scented, too, especially on warmer sunny days. It blooms successively on the same spikes and the plant have started to bloom is almost always in flower. There are several more pictures on the blog post below, but the color is different, though I cannot remember whether that was the result of the photography or whether they actually were a darker and different green. It is possible, too, that the flower above is older and has faded somewhat. I'll have to watch the plant more closely and see if I can figure it all out. orchidsinbloom-ron.blogspot.com/2012/09/phalaenopsis-viol...