Oh I see, the chinese names are a bit weird I agree... violacea isn't 'fluorescent' in any sense to me...

I think the P. gigantea chinese name suits well, but the amabilis and aphrodite name are so unglam (the common chinese names are grandmother and old lady respectively based on what Jumpluff said)

I think your names for the orchids suit most of them Jumpluff :)

Very interesting! I do believe that the table entailed a LOT of work whatever it's few shortcomings.

well itz definitely great that we actually get to meet the author of this piece of art ^^ and i agree with silberhaarig, a few shortcomings is nothing compared to the overall effort placed into researching this

thanks =)

recently i made a newer version of this phylogeny, and corrected some small mistakes(actually there were still have some...)

enjoy it...!
http://www.orchidata.com/attachments...mLXxvlx8bx.jpg

All 66 Phalaenopsis specises

Taxonomy

1. Subgenus Aphyllae
2. Subgenus Parishianae
3. Subgenus Phalaenopsis
3.1. Section Conspicuum
3.2. Section Deliciosae
3.3. Section Esmeralda
3.4. Section Phalaenopsis
3.5. Section Stauroglottis
4. Subgenus Polychilos
4.1 Section Amboinenses
4.2 Section Fuscatae
4.3 Section Polychilos
4.4 Section Zebrinae
4.4.1. Subsection Glabrae
4.4.2. Subsection Hirsutae
4.4.3. Subsection Lueddemannianae
4.4.4. Subsection Zebrinae
5. Subgenus Proboscidioides