page_title: List of the orchids of the Philippines
section_title: Phalaenopsis
hierarchical_section_title: List of the orchids of the Philippines / Phalaenopsis
context_page_description: There are about 141 genera of orchids representing about 1,100 orchid species, 900 of which are described as endemic to the Philippines. Many of them have showy, brightly colored and attractive flowers.
  Vanda sanderiana is unofficially dubbed the National Flower, as the only representative of the species is unique to the Philippines and is only found on the island of Mindanao.
context_section_description: Found in Himalayan mountains, Southern India and rest of Southeast Asia, the most number of species for this genus of orchids are found in the Philippines. The country represents the center of Phalaenopsis orchids with about twenty two species and several natural hybrids, more than any other country in the world. Some of the species endemic to the Philippines such as P. stuartiana, P. sanderiana and P. schilleriana, have had the greatest influence on hybridizing than any other Phalaenopsis species.
  Phalaenopsis amabilis
  Phalaenopsis × amphitrite
  Phalaenopsis aphrodite
  Phalaenopsis bastianii endemic to the Philippines
  Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi
  Phalaenopsis deliciosa
  Phalaenopsis equestris
  Phalaenopsis fasciata endemic to the Philippines
  Phalaenopsis fuscata
  Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica endemic to the Philippines
  Phalaenopsis × intermedia endemic to the Philippines
  Phalaenopsis × leucorrhoda
  Phalaenopsis lindenii endemic to the Philippines
  Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana endemic to the Philippines
  Phalaenopsis mariae
  Phalaenopsis micholitzii endemic to the Philippines
  Phalaenopsis pallens endemic to the Philippines
  Phalaenopsis philippinensis endemic to the Philippines
  Phalaenopsis pulchra endemic to the Philippines
  Phalaenopsis reichenbachiana endemic to the Philippines
  Phalaenopsis sanderiana endemic to the Philippines
  Phalaenopsis schilleriana endemic to the Philippines
  Phalaenopsis stuartiana endemic to the Philippines
  Phalaenopsis sumatrana
  Phalaenopsis × veitchiana
  Phalaenopsis venosa
caption: Phalaenopsis philippinensis habitus in Singapore's National Orchid Garden
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