# List of Phalaenopsis species

The following is a list of Phalaenopsis species accepted by Plants of the World Online at February 2022:
| Name | Distribution | Elevation in metres (m) |
| Phalaenopsis amabilis (L.) Blume | East Malaysia to Papuasia | 0– 600 m |
| Phalaenopsis amboinensis J.J.Smith | Ambon Island, Sulawesi, Papua and New Guinea and Indonesia | |
| Phalaenopsis aphrodite Rchb.f | Philippine Islands, Sulu Archipelago, and Taiwan | |
| Phalaenopsis appendiculata Carr | Pahang, Malaysia to northeastern Borneo | |
| Phalaenopsis bastianii O.Gruss & L.Röllke | the Philippines - Luzon, in the Sulu Archipelago | |
| Phalaenopsis bellina Christenson | Borneo | 200 m and below |
| Phalaenopsis boulbetii (Telepova) J.M.H.Shaw | Cambodia | |
| Phalaenopsis buyssoniana Rchb. f. | Indochina, Thailand, and Vietnam | |
| Phalaenopsis cacharensis (Barbhuiya, B.K.Dutta & Schuit.) Kocyan & Schuit. | India (Cachar, Assam) | |
| Phalaenopsis celebensis Sweet | Sulawesi | |
| Phalaenopsis chibae T.Yukawa | Vietnam | 400 – 600 m |
| Phalaenopsis cochlearis Holttum | Malaysia and Sarawak, Borneo | 450 – 700 m |
| Phalaenopsis corningiana Rchb. f. | Borneo | 450 – 610 m |
| Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi (Breda) Blume & Rchb.f. | India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Nicobar Islands, Malaysia, Java, Borneo, Sumatra, and the Philippines | 1000 m and below |
| Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb. f. | India to SE Asia, Java, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines | 600 m and below |
| Phalaenopsis difformis (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit. | Assam India, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, western Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, Malayasia, Laos, central and southern China, Vietnam, Borneo and Sumatra | 300 – 1600 m |
| Phalaenopsis doweryensis Garay & Christenson | Sabah | 150 m |
| Phalaenopsis equestris (Schauer) Rchb.f | Taiwan - Hsiao Lan Yü to the Philippines | 0 – 300 m. |
| Phalaenopsis fasciata Rchb.f | the Philippines | |
| Phalaenopsis fimbriata J.J.Sm. | Java, Sumatra and Sarawak | 790 – 1300 m. |
| Phalaenopsis finleyi Christenson | Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam | |
| Phalaenopsis floresensis Fowlie | island of Flores in Indonesia | 150 – 500 m |
| Phalaenopsis fuscata Rchb. f. | Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, to Philippines - Palawan island | 0 – 1000 m |
| Phalaenopsis gibbosa H.R.Sweet | Laos, northern Vietnam, South-Central China | 0 – 1000 m |
| Phalaenopsis gigantea J.J.Smith | Sabah, Borneo, Java and Sarawak | 0 – 400 m |
| Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica (Rchb.f) Sweet 1969 | the Philippines - Luzon, Leyte, Samar, Palawan, and Mindanao islands | |
| Phalaenopsis honghenensis F.Y. Liu | Yunnan, China and Vietnam | 2000 m |
| Phalaenopsis hygrochila J.M.H.Shaw | Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam | 700–1300 m |
| Phalaenopsis inscriptiosinensis Fowlie | Central Sumatra | 914 m and below |
| Phalaenopsis japonica (Rchb.f.) Kocyan & Schuit. | W Yunnan, Zhejiang, Japan (Southern areas to Ryukyu Islands), Korea (Jeollanam-do). | 600 – 1400 m |
| Phalaenopsis javanica J.J.Sm. | Western Java | |
| Phalaenopsis kapuasensis Metusala & P.O'Byrne | Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia | 50 – 200 m |
| Phalaenopsis kunstleri Hook.f. | Myanmar to Malaysia | |
| Phalaenopsis lindenii Loher | the Philippines - Luzon island | 1000 – 1500 m |
| Phalaenopsis lobbii (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet | Himalayas, NE India, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar and Vietnam | 366 – 1200 m |
| Phalaenopsis lowii Rchb.f | Myanmar, Thailand and Borneo | 800 m. |
| Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana Rchb.f | the Philippines | below 100 m. |
| Phalaenopsis luteola (Burb. ex Garay) Christenson & O.Gruss | Northwestern Borneo | |
| Phalaenopsis maculata Rchb.f | Malaya to Borneo and Sulawesi | 0 – 1000 m |
| Phalaenopsis malipoensis Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen | China - Yunnan and Vietnam | |
| Phalaenopsis mannii Rchb.f | Indian Himalayas, Assam, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar, southern China and Vietnam | 500 – 1500 m |
| Phalaenopsis mariae Burbidge ex Warner & Williams | Northeastern Borneo to the Philippines - Mindanao | 600 m |
| Phalaenopsis marriottiana (Rchb.f.) Kocyan & Schuit. | Guangxi China and Myanmar | 1300 m |
| Phalaenopsis mentawaiensis O.Gruss | Mentawai Islands of Sumatra | |
| Phalaenopsis micholitzii Rchb.f. | the Philippines - Mindanao island | 400 m |
| Phalaenopsis mirabilis (Seidenf.) Schuit. | Thailand and Vietnam | 680-1300 m |
| Phalaenopsis modesta J.J.Sm. | Borneo | 50 – 900 m |
| Phalaenopsis mysorensis C.J.Saldanha | Mysore, India and Sri Lanka | |
| Phalaenopsis natmataungensis (T.Yukawa, Nob.Tanaka & J.Murata) Dalström & Ormerod | Myanmar | 1700 – 1950 m |
| Phalaenopsis pallens (Lindley) Rchb.f | the Philippines - Luzon and Mindanao islands | 500 m |
| Phalaenopsis pantherina Rchb.f. | Borneo | 0 – 800 m. |
| Phalaenopsis parishii Rchb.f. | eastern Himalayas, Assam India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam | below 500 m |
| Phalaenopsis philippinensis Golamco ex Fowlie & C.Z.Tang | the Philippines - Luzon island | up to 1200 m |
| Phalaenopsis pulcherrima (Lindl.) J.J.Sm. | Assam India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Yunnan and Xizang China, Vietnam, Borneo and Sumatra | |
| Phalaenopsis pulchra (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet | the Philippines - Luzon island | 100 – 650 m |
| Phalaenopsis reichenbachiana Rchb.f. & Sander | the Philippines - Mindanao island | |
| Phalaenopsis robinsonii J.J.Sm. | Ambon, Maluku. the Moluccas | |
| Phalaenopsis rundumensis P.J.Cribb & A.L.Lamb | Sabah | |
| Phalaenopsis sanderiana Rchb.f. | the Philippines - Mindanao island | |
| Phalaenopsis schilleriana Rchb.f | the Philippines - Luzon, Mindoro, and Biliran islands | 0 – 450 m |
| Phalaenopsis stobartiana Rchb.f. | China - southeastern Tibet to Guangxi | |
| Phalaenopsis stuartiana Rchb.f. | the Philippines - Mindanao island | below 300 m |
| Phalaenopsis subparishii (Z.H.Tsi) Kocyan & Schuit.. | N Fujian, N Guangdong, NE Guizhou, SW Hubei, Hunan, NE Sichuan, Zhejiang. | 300 – 1100 m |
| Phalaenopsis sumatrana Korth. & Rchb.f. | Indochina, Borneo to Philippines - Palawan island | 700 m |
| Phalaenopsis taenialis (Lindl.) Christenson & Pradhan 1986 | Himalayas, Assam India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar, to China - Yunnan | 1000 – 2500 m |
| Phalaenopsis tetraspis Rchb.f. | Andaman and Nicobar Islands to northwestern Sumatra | 0 m. |
| Phalaenopsis thailandica O.Gruss & Roeth | Thailand | |
| Phalaenopsis tsii (M.H.Li, Z.J.Liu & S.R.Lan) Hua Deng, Z.J.Liu & Yan Wang | China (Hunan) | 1200 – 1850 m |
| Phalaenopsis ubonensis (O.Gruss) J.M.H.Shaw | Thailand and Laos | 150-400 m |
| Phalaenopsis venosa Shim & Fowlie | Celebes Islands, Sulawesi | 450-1000 m. |
| Phalaenopsis violacea Witte | Malaya to Sumatra | 150 m. |
| Phalaenopsis viridis J.J.Sm | Sumatra | 700 – 1000 m |
| Phalaenopsis wilsonii Rolfe | Sichuan, Eastern Tibet,Yunnan, and Guangxi, China, Vietnam, Tibet, Myanmar, India | 800 – 2200 m |
| Phalaenopsis yingjiangensis (Z.H.Tsi) Kocyan & Schuit. | Yunnan China, Thailand and India | 1584 m |
| Phalaenopsis zhejiangensis (Z.H.Tsi) Schuit. | Zhejiang China | 300 – 900 m |
| Phalaenopsis × amphitrite Kraenzl. | Mindanao, Philippines | |
| Phalaenopsis × gersenii (Teijsm. & Binn.) Rolfe | Borneo and Sumatra | |
| Phalaenopsis × intermedia Lindl. | Philippines | |
| Phalaenopsis × leucorrhoda Rchb.f. | Philippines | |
| Phalaenopsis × lotubela O.Gruss, Cavestro & G.Benk | Sumatra | |
| Phalaenopsis × rolfeana H.R.Sweet | Philippines | |
| Phalaenopsis × singuliflora J.J.Sm. | Borneo | |
| Phalaenopsis × valentinii Rchb.f. | Malaya | |
| Phalaenopsis × veitchiana Rchb.f. | Philippines | |

## Newly described species

Several new species have been described recently and are listed as accepted species in the database of Kew, Plants of the World Online.
* Phalaenopsis arunachalensis K.Gogoi & Rinya (2020)
* Phalaenopsis putaoensis X.H.Jin & H.A.Mung (2021)
* Phalaenopsis yarlungzangboensis (2022) (first suggested name for Phalaenopsis medogensis)
* Phalaenopsis medogensis X.H. Jin & C.B. Ma (2022)

## Intergeneric hybrids

The following is a list of intergeneric hybrids recognised by the Royal Horticultural Society that includes species of Phalaenopsis as ancestors, as at February 2022:
* × Aeridopsis (Aerides × Phalaenopsis)
* × Arachnopsis (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis)
* × Cleisonopsis (Cleisocentron × Phalaenopsis)
* × Diplonopsis (Diploprora × Phalaenopsis)
* × Edeara (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vandopsis)
* × Ernestara (Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vandopsis)
* × Eurynopsis (Eurychone × Phalaenopsis)
* × Laycockara (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis × Vandopsis)
* × Luinopsis (Luisia × Phalaenopsis)
* × Lutherara (Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Rhynchostylis )
* × Macekara (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vanda × Vandopsis)
* × Moirara (Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vanda)
* × Parnataara (Aerides × Arachnis × Phalaenopsis)
* × Phalaerianda (Aerides × Phalaenopsis × Vanda)
* × Phalandopsis (Phalaenopsis × Vandopsis)
* × Phalphalaenopsis (Phalaenopsis × Paraphalaenopsis)
* × Renanthopsis (Phalaenopsis × Renanthera )
* × Rhynchonopsis (Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis)
* × Sappanara (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera)
* × Sarconopsis (Phalaenopsis × Sarcochilus)
* × Trevorara (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis × Vanda)
* × Trichonopsis (Phalaenopsis × Trichoglottis)
* × Uptonara (Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis × Sarcochilus)
* × Vandaenopsis (Phalaenopsis × Vanda)
* × Yapara (Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis × Vanda)
* × Yeepengara (Aerides × Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis × Vanda)
The following artificial hybrids are listed at Plants of the World Online, although many of the parent genera are now synonyms of other genera, including Vanda, Renanthera and Phalaenopsis:
* × Asconopsis (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis)
* × Beardara (Ascocentrum × Doritis × Phalaenopsis)
* × Bogardara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vanda × Vandopsis)
* × Bokchoonara (Arachnis × Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vanda)
* × Devereuxara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vanda)
* × Doriellaopsis (Doritis × Kingiella × Phalaenopsis)
* × Doritaenopsis (Doritis × Phalaenopsis)
* × Dresslerara (Ascoglossum × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera )
* × Hagerara (Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Vanda)
* × Hausermannara (Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Vandopsis)
* × Himoriara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis × Vanda)
* × Isaoara (Aerangis × Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vanda)
* × Lichtara (Doritis × Gastrochilus × Phalaenopsis)
* × Meechaiara (Ascocentrum × Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis × Vanda)
* × Nakagawaara (Aerides × Doritis × Phalaenopsis)
* × Owensara (Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera)
* × Paulara (Ascocentrum × Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vanda)
* × Pepeara (Ascocentrum × Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera)
* × Phaliella (Kingiella × Phalaenopsis)
* × Pooleara (Ascocentrum × Ascoglossum × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera)
* × Richardmizutaara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vandopsis)
* × Rhyndoropsis (Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Rhynchostylis)
* × Roseara (Doritis × Kingiella × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera)
* × Sidranara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera)
* × Sladeara (Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Sarcochilus)
* × Stamariaara (Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Renanthera × Vanda)
* × Sutingara (Arachnis × Ascocentrum × Phalaenopsis × Vanda × Vandopsis)
* × Trautara (Doritis × Luisia × Phalaenopsis)
* ×Vandewegheara (Ascocentrum × Doritis × Phalaenopsis × Vanda)