Phalaenopsis pantherina Rchb.f., 1864

	Addition page Detail parts of flower
Species	Phalaenopsis pantherina Rchb.f.,	Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 22: 298 (1864).
Section	Polychilos
Flowering	08 December 2012	Pagar Alam regency, south Sumatra
Origin	River side of Sungai Baung (anak sungai Benakat) and Sungai Penukal, Pendopo, Muara Enim regency and Pagar Alam regency, south Sumatra.	Epiphyte on pohon Leban fall down and Pohon Beringin. Date collected date? May 2012
Author	Mr. V. Agustin
Contributor photo	Mr. A. Rahmady	Pagar Alam regency, south Sumatra
Main Page	Photo close up flowers and plant Phalaenopsis pantherina Rchb.f., LINK	Unavailable. LINK
Key determination	Key to the species genus Phalaenopsis Blume LINK	Unavailable.   LINK
Annotation	By mistake Phalaenopsis luteola (Burb 1880)

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Homotypic Synonyms: 
Phalaenopsis pantherina Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 22: 298 (1864).
Polychilos pantherina (Rchb.f.) Shim, Malayan Nat. J. 36: 25 (1982).
Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi var. pantherina (Rchb.f.) O.Gruss & M.Wolff, Orchid. Atlas: 323 (2007).


New record in Sumatra island
This article show to you that evidence Phalaenopsis pantherina Rchb.f., 1864 find and recorded from wild forest in Sumatra. The specimen already collected from side of Baung and Penukal river, that located in Pendopo, Muara Enim regency, Sout Sumatra. It is found as epiphyte in Leban and Beringin tree (local name) in c.60 - 150 meters above sea level in Muara Enim regency. And about 800 - 1200 meters above sea level in Pagar Alam regency.


History
In past, Phalaenopsis pantherina Rchb.f., 1864 only known from Iles Labuan, Sarwak, Borneo island. After that many specimen report found in other region of Borneo in part of Indonesia, the area known as Kalimantan.

Reichenbach described a yellow plant spotted of red points, from where the name allotted to this species. Due the reason the common name call as The Panther-Like Phalaenopsis.

Also By mistake Phalaenopsis luteola (Burb 1880)


Life form
Epiphytic or litophytic plant. Fleshy roots, glabrous, greyish, at green tips.

Our specimen found as epiphytic on Leban tree (local name) at side of Baung River in Pagar Alam regency, south Sumatra. This specimen we identify as Phalaenopsis pantherina Rchb.f., to be new record in Sumatra (11/12/2012)

Phalaenopsis pantherina in situ, epiphyte on Leban tree.
Taken on May 2012 in side of Baung river in Muara Enim regency, south Sumatra

Leaves
Leaves rather many, fleshy, green, oblong, ligulate or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, sometimes at bilobate apex, from 18 to 20 cm long , from 4 to 5 cm wide, dorsally carinate.

This plant have many leaves.
Upper plant 9 leaves and down plant 10 leaves. Fleshy, green.

Leaf dorsally carinate.

Leaf 32 cm, the longen one in specimens.

Leaf 5.2 cm broad.

Leaf apex.

Leaf form

This specimens have many leaves. Two plants in photo have 9 and 10 leaves. c. 17 - 32 cm long, relatif more longer than borneo specimen. The broad c. 3 - 6.6 cm, average 4 - 5.5 cm at adult leaves.


Stalk
Flower stalk green, erect or slightly arcuate twice longer or more than the leaves, cylindrical, rachis flattened and in zigzag, sometimes ramified.
Bracts ovate-cucullate, hamate (finishing in hook), of more than 5 mm long.

Flower stalk twice longer or more than the leaves.

Flowers
Flowers very few, of strong texture, the segments are largely spread out, waxy. Sepal dorsal lanceolate or lanceolate-elliptic, acute, dorsally carinate toward apex, revolutate towards base. Lateral sepals obliquely lanceolates-subspatulate, acute, also dorsally carinate towards apex, strongly asymmetrical, once and half broader than the dorsal sepal and a little longer. Petals almost with right angle with the dorsal sepal, identical to this last, but a little shorter and less dorsally carinate towards apex. Revolutate at base.

Larger and broader flowers than Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi (Breda) Blume & Rchb.f.
This specimen c. 4.5 cm broad.

Dorsally carinate towards apex

Parts of flowers

Phalaenopsis pantherina Rchb.f.

Lip
Lip shorter than the petals (2/3), 3-lobed. Lateral lobes erect and parallel, sub-quadrangular, with truncated apex. The midlobe is initially narrow, then it widens abruptly to form an anchor with slightly and irregularly notched external sides . Apex carinate below. The middle of the former lobe is provided of a small callus slightly hairy. At the confluence of lateral lobes and midlobe, one observes a horizontal semicircular gibbosity.

The middle of this gibbosity is provided of an erect appendix, oblong-linear, laterally flattened , truncated, white stripped of mauve. Another fleshy structure, plate-like, is slightly behind this gibbosity. Each side of this formation is provided of a lengthened lash surrounding the preceding appendix on both sides. In the middle, yellow, one distinguishes also a small tooth.

Labellum Phalaenopsis pantherina Rchb.f.

The mid-lobe irregularly notched external sides

Mid-lobe as an anchor form

Column
The column is shorter, 8 mm, cylindrical, arcuate, slightly dilated towards the apex and yellow. His base is provided with a small bidentate brown protuberance on both sides. Pedicellate ovary of 15 mm long.

Gynostemium

Observation
Sepals and petals greenish yellow to greens, strongly punctuated and barred of brown or brown/cinnabar. Lateral lobes of lip white (in Sumatra we found side lobe white yellowish), striated internally with mauve, marginate and slightly dotted mauve at base, inside and outside.

One easily distinguishes Phalaenopsis pantherina from Phalaenopsis Mannii by the long isthmus which attaches the midlobe of lip and insertion with right angle between the petals and the dorsal sepal. It differs from Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi by the shape of the lip.

Phalaenopsis pantherina is frequently found on the high parts of tropical forest where it is found exposed with a relatively important luminosity. It was observed sea level up to 800 meters of altitude (in Sumatra we found at c. 800 - 1200 meters). Flowering is done throughout the year, with a peak in spring and beginning of summer.

Basionym :
Phalaenopsis pantherina Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 22: 298 (1864).

Draw lines
Detail by Hermann R. Sweet

	Distribution	Lifeform
	W. Malesia 42 BOR SUM	Epiphytic cham.
Basionym	Borneo, imported by Mr. Low
Specimen	Pagar Alam regency and Pendopo, Muara Enim regency, south Sumatra
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Reference :

1. Botanische Zeitung. v. 22 : 298 (1864)
2. The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany v. 31 : 292 (1896)
3. The Orchid review v. 13 : 230 (1905)
4. A bibliographic enumeration of Bornean plants : 197 (1921)
5. The Genus Phalaenopsis. The Orchid Digest, 1980. 
6. http://bernard.lagrelle.pagesperso-orange.fr/Pantherina/anglais/Phalaenopsis%20pantherina%20anglais.htm