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Butterfly orchid

Butterfly orchid

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Butterfly orchid: Phalaenopsis is arched and has large flowers. It is named because the flowers look like butterflies. With beautiful flowers and gorgeous colors, it is a treasure in tropical orchids and has the reputation of "Queen of Orchids". The stem is usually covered with a short leaf sheath. Leaves slightly fleshy, often 3-4 or more, green above, purple on the back, oval, oblong or sickle oblong, 10-20 cm long and 3-6 cm wide, apex acute or obtuse, base cuneate or sometimes skew, with short and wide sheath. Inflorescence lateral at base of stem, up to 50 cm, unbranched or sometimes branched; Inflorescence stalk green, 4-5 mm thick, covered with several scalelike sheaths; Inflorescence axis is purplish green, folded in number, often with several flowers opening one by one from the base to the top; Bracts ovate triangular, 3-5 mm long; Pedicel with ovary green, slender, 2.5-4.5 cm long; The flower is white, beautiful and has a long flowering period; Middle sepal Subelliptic, 2.5-3 cm long and 1.4-1.7 cm wide, apex obtuse, base slightly narrowed, with reticulate veins; Lateral sepals askew ovate, 2.6-3.5 cm long and 1.4-2.2 cm wide, apex obtuse, base narrowed and adnate to stamen column feet, with reticulate veins; Petals rhombic round, 2.7-3.4 cm long and 2.4-3.8 cm wide, apex round, base narrow, short clawed, with reticulate veins; Labellum 3-lobed, base with claws ca. 7-9 mm long; Lateral lobes erect, obovate, 2 cm long, apex rounded or acute, base narrow, with red spots or fine stripes, with a yellow fleshy process at the intersection between the two lobes and the base of the middle lobe; Middle lobe rhombic, 1.5-2.8 cm long and 1.4-1.7 cm wide, apex tapering and with 2 tendrils 8-18 mm long, base cuneate; Stamen column is stout, about 1 cm long, with wide stamen column feet; There are 2 pollen masses, nearly spherical, each splitting into 2 valves of unequal size. The flowering period is from April to June.

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