Native records: 2 botanical areas
Malaya, Myanmar
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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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An epiphyte of wet tropical climates. Native to Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.
Distribution areas
Malaysia
- MalayaNative
Myanmar
- MyanmarNative
Singapore
- MalayaNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- Af Tropical, rainforest
- Cwa Temperate, dry winter, hot summer
- Aw Tropical, savannah
- Am Tropical, monsoon
The same climate occurs in 126 areas worldwide, 124 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Phalaenopsis
Other species in Phalaenopsis
- Phalaenopsis honghenensis
- Phalaenopsis hookeriana
- Phalaenopsis inscriptiosinensis
- Phalaenopsis japonicaNadopungran (East Asian aerides)
- Phalaenopsis javanica
- Phalaenopsis kapuasensis
- Phalaenopsis laotica
- Phalaenopsis lindenii
- Phalaenopsis lobbii
- Phalaenopsis lowii
- Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana
- Phalaenopsis luteola
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Myanmar · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Malaysia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Singapore · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open source
Image information
Photograph of Phalaenopsis kunstleri
M. S. del. ( = Matilda Smith , 1854-1926), J. N. Fitch lith. ( = John Nugent Fitch , 1840–1927) Description by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817—1911) · Public domain · File page