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[Alvin]

hey everyone..it's me again
this is the little species which i just bought few hours ago...but the boss loss the name tag of the plant...can anyone tell me what is the name of this little species? thanks^^

[trdyl]

Hello Alvin,

I am leaning towards Phalaenopsis amboinensis var flava, but not 100%.

[Bird Song Farm]

It sure is pretty Alvin. Might it be Phal. luddemanniana var. pallens?

Al

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Looks more like a semi-alba version of Phal tetraspis, not sure.

[lambelkip]

Originally Posted by trdyl

I am leaning towards Phalaenopsis amboinensis var flava, but not 100%.

Ted, I think you're on the right track, but it's var flavida, not flava.

Originally Posted by Bird Song Farm

It sure is pretty Alvin. Might it be Phal. luddemanniana var. pallens?

Al, Phal pallens has been considered a seperate species since 1864. please update your tags and/or notes. It's a good guess, but pallens is in section Hirsutae, which means it has a very hairy lip, unlike the one in the picture.

Originally Posted by King_of_orchid_growing:)

Looks more like a semi-alba version of Phal tetraspis, not sure.

Philip, this is an alba, not semi-alba. it might be a tetraspis, but from the appearance of the lip, I'd say it's probably not.

[orchidsworld]

Originally Posted by King_of_orchid_growing:)

Looks more like a semi-alba version of Phal tetraspis, not sure.

Phal tetraspis semi-alba doesn't exist at all ... as tetraspis alba doesn't exist. YOu can have white form of tetraspis, but the lip will always have red marks on it... and a semi-alba form, as you can find in violacea, are not yellow

[wind08]

Hi there Alvin, personally I'm leaning towards Phal. amboinensis var. flava too..

var. flavida is yellow base, with brown barrings

var. flava is white base, yellow barring.

Cannot be any "alba" because alba means pure white, not yellow or anything. and you phals.net state no pallens var. flava as well.

The worse case scenario it could be a Phal. Princess Kaiulani "Yellow", a cross using Phal. violacea var. alba x Phal. amboinensis var. flava.

[lambelkip]

Originally Posted by wind08

var. flavida is yellow base, with brown barrings

var. flava is white base, yellow barring.

var flavida has a white or cream colored base, with yellow bars.
there is no var flava, but sometimes var flavida is labeled that way.

Cannot be any "alba" because alba means pure white, not yellow or anything.

alba means that it does not have red or purple pigments. most alba plants still have yellow, and only a few are pure white.

[wind08]

Originally Posted by lambelkip

var flavida has a white or cream colored base, with yellow bars.
there is no var flava, but sometimes var flavida is labeled that way.
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In the case of Phal. amboinensis , that's what i learned in phals.net, might be my mistake.

Please refer to this amboinensis@phals.net

The first is ambo "common" white base color, brown barring
Second, ambo "flavida" yellow base color, brown barring
Third, ambo "flava" I can't tell, either white base, yellow bar or the other way round, hehehe..

[wind08]

Originally Posted by lambelkip

alba means that it does not have red or purple pigments. most alba plants still have yellow, and only a few are pure white.

For this, I learnt from Phal. equestris. Yet again I might took 1 example and used it on all Phalaenopsis which maybe wrong

Phalaenopsis equestris var. alba — a pure white form; lacking yellow pigments on the callus.
Phalaenopsis equestris var. aurea — white flowers with a solid yellow lip.

Credits: Wikipedia