Phalaenopsis mariae (Burbidge 1883)
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Named in honor
of the wife of Mr. Burbidge
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Distribution
: Philippines ( Mindoro, Mindanao, Luzon, Sulu)
west Bornéo |
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Many roots, fleshy, glabrous, flexuous.
Leaves distichous, deflexed (falling down), fleshy, oblong-ligulate or obovate-ligulate, seldom oblong-elliptic, acute or obtuse, of more than 30 cm. of length for 7 cm. of broad.
Flower stalk pendent, simple or branched, carrying several flowers, often shorter than the foliage, seldom longer. Bracts triangular-ovate, cucullate, acute, of more than 4 mm.
Flowers from 4 to 4,5 cm, often scented. Sepals and petals well spread out , similar, fleshy, oblong-elliptic to narrowly elliptic, obtuse above, tapered below. Petals narrower than the sepals.
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Lip 3-lobed, fleshy, almost as long as
the floral segments. Lateral lobes oblong-ligulate erose-dentate
at the truncate apex, with a callus in shape of half moon in the
middle. Midlobe ovate, slightly angular, apex eroded or notched
on both sides , obtuse, at base provided with a fleshy lamella-like
keel running from base to middle. The end of midlobe provided of
a prominent callus in cushion-shape, completely covered of small
soft hairs. The disc between the lateral lobes is provided of a
pair of callus superimposed, bilobate, acicular, fleshy. The former
callus being located at the junction of lateral lobes and midlobe. |
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Lip of Phalaenopsis
mariae (Sweet)
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Sepals and petals
are white or white/cream, sometimes with a suffusion of green, and broad
spots or bars of color hazel nut. The lip is mauve with white margin,
callus of yellow color. The column is white at base crimson.
Three principal types could be determined:
From
Sulu, white flowers barred of brown/red.
From
Mindanao, white flowers with green tips.
From
Luzon, yellow flowers barred of brown/red.
Flowering
is possible all the year.
He grow until an altitude of 600 m, in shaded
situation, always sheltered sun, with a moisture of 80/85%. This species
seldom gives keikis.
The lip architecture is close to that of Phalaenopsis
pallens. The difference is done by the smooth edges for Phalaenopsis pallens,
notched for Phalaenopsis mariae, and by the entirely hairy final callus
for this last and with the sparser hairs for Phalaenopsis pallens; The
colouring of the segments is also different. It can also be precisely
confused because of this color with Phalaenopsis bastiani, but is characterized
some easily by the port even from the plant and the absence from pilosity
on the midlobe of lip. Flowering perhaps slightly scented.
Phalaenopsis mariae is few used in hybridization
for the not very esthetic aspect of the disposition of flowers on flower
stalk. Considered sensitive to the bacterial rot?
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