Phaius philippinensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Phaius |
Species: | P. philippinensis |
Binomial name | |
Phaius philippinensis | |
Phaius philippinensis is a species of orchid in the genus Phaius that was described by N. E. Brown in 1889. [1] It is endemic to the Philippines. [2]
Neoscortechinia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1897. It is native to Southeast Asia and Papuasia.
Cephalantheropsis is a genus of orchids, comprising 4 accepted species distributed in China, Japan, the Eastern Himalayas and Southeast Asia.
Phaius, commonly known as swamp orchids or 鶴頂蘭屬/鹤顶兰属 , is a genus of forty five species of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. They are evergreen, terrestrial herbs which form clumps with crowded, sometimes stem-like pseudobulbs, large, pleated leaves and relatively large, often colourful flowers. Species in this genus are found in the tropical parts of Africa, Asia, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. One species is also naturalized in Hawaii, Florida, and the Caribbean.
Nepenthes philippinensis is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the Philippines. It is known from Palawan and the neighbouring Calamian Islands and Linapacan, where it grows at 0–600 metres (2,000 ft) above sea level.
Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville, styled Lord Ossulston from 1753 to 1767, was a British nobleman, a collector of shells and a famous patron of Surrey cricket in the 1770s. He agreed a set of cricket rules that included the first mention of the Leg before wicket rule. His wife, Emma, Lady Tankerville, was notable as a collector of exotic plants. The first tropical orchid to flower in England is named for her as it was it flowered in her greenhouse. Her collection of over 600 illustrations were purchased by Kew Gardens in 1932 and are still available today.
Amesiella is a genus of orchids endemic to the Island of Luzon, in the Philippines. The genus is named for Oakes Ames (1874-1950), founder of the orchid herbarium at Harvard University.
Amesiella philippinensis is a species of orchid endemic to the Island of Luzon in the Philippines.
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Phalaenopsis philippinensis is an endemic species of orchid found from Luzon island in the Philippines.
Omoea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It includes two known species, both native to Southeast Asia.
Phaius tankervilleae, commonly known as the greater swamp-orchid, swamp lily, swamp orchid, nun's-hood orchid, nun's orchid, veiled orchid, Lady Tankerville's swamp orchid or 鹤顶兰 , is a species of orchid native to areas from Asia to islands in the Pacific Ocean. It has large, pleated leaves and tall flowering stems bearing up to twenty five white, brown, mauve and yellow flowers. It was named for Lady Tankerville who owned the greenhouse where the first orchid flowered. It was the first tropical orchid to flower in England.
Phaius robertsii, commonly known as forest swamp orchid, is a plant in the orchid family and is native to a small area of Tropical North Queensland and to New Caledonia. It is an evergreen, terrestrial herb with above-ground stems, three to five pleated leaves and up to twenty flowers which are yellow on the back and brick-red inside. It grows in wet places in rainforest.
Phaius flavus is a species of orchid in the genus Phaius described by John Lindley in 1831. It is widespread across much of Asia as well as New Guinea, New Caledonia, Samoa and Vanuatu.
Phaius antoninae is a species of orchid in the genus Phaius that was described in 2011 and is native to the Philippines. The type specimen was collected by Antonina G. Balzer in August 1997.
Phaius fragilis is a species of orchid in the genus Phaius endemic to the Philippines.
Phaius borneensis is a species of orchid in the genus Phaius. It is native to the Islands of Borneo, Palawan and Mindoro.
Phaius amboinensis, commonly known as Arnhem Land swamp orchid, is a plant in the orchid family and is native to areas from Malesia through to New Guinea, Australia and islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is an evergreen, terrestrial herb with up to eight pleated leaves and up to twenty, relatively large white flowers with a yellow labellum. It grows in wet, shady forests.
Phaius tankervilleaevar.bernaysii, also known as the yellow swamp orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to a small area of Queensland. It is an evergreen, terrestrial herb with large, crowded pseudobulbs, large pleated leaves and flowers that are white on the outside and sulfur yellow inside. Apart from flower colour, the species is identical to P. tankervilleae var. bernaysii.
Pandanus philippinensis a species of plant in the family Gesneriaceae. It is native to the Philippines.