Phalaenopsis javanica J.J.Sm. (1918:77)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Polychilos javanica (J.J.Sm.) Shim in Malayan Nat. J. 36: 24 (1982); Phalaenopsis latisepala Rolfe in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1920: 130 (1920); Phalaenopsis javanica f. alba O.Gruss & Roellke ex Christenson in Phalaenopsis: a monograph: 132 (2001)
Conservation Status
Extinct in the Wild (Comber, 1990 fide Hágsater et al., 1996:121)
Rediscovered in the 1960's, but driven to extinction in the wild by a single orchid nursery only two years later (Comber, 1990 fide Hágsater et al., 1996:121).
Distribution & Habitat
Java & Sumatra, Indonesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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