| Phalaenopsis amabilis
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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| Clade:
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Angiosperms
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Monocots
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| Order:
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Asparagales
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| Family:
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Orchidaceae
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| Subfamily:
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Epidendroideae
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| Genus:
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Phalaenopsis
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| Species:
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P. amabilis
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| Binomial name
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Phalaenopsis amabilis
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| Synonyms
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- Cymbidium amabile (L.) Roxb.
- Epidendrum amabile L.
- Synadena amabilis (L.) Raf.
Synonyms of Phalaenopsis amabilis subsp. amabilis
- Phalaenopsis amabilis f. aurea (R.Warner) O.Gruss
- Phalaenopsis amabilis var. aurea (R.Warner) Rolfe
- Phalaenopsis amabilis f. concolor Baume & Christenson
- Phalaenopsis amabilis f. elysia O.Gruss
- Phalaenopsis amabilis var. fournieri Cogn.
- Phalaenopsis amabilis f. fuscata (Rchb.f.) O.Gruss & M.Wolff
- Phalaenopsis amabilis var. fuscata Rchb.f.
- Phalaenopsis amabilis subvar. gloriosa (Rchb.f.) Ames
- Phalaenopsis amabilis var. gloriosa (Rchb.f.) Brero
- Phalaenopsis amabilis var. grandiflora (Lindl.) Bateman
- Phalaenopsis amabilis var. ramosa van Deventer
- Phalaenopsis amabilis var. rimestadiana L.Linden
- Phalaenopsis amabilis var. rimestadiana-alba Anon.
- Phalaenopsis aphrodite var. gloriosa (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent
- Phalaenopsis elisabethae Anon.
- Phalaenopsis gloriosa Rchb.f.
- Phalaenopsis grandiflora Lindl.
- Phalaenopsis grandiflora var. aurea R.Warner
- Phalaenopsis grandiflora var. borneensis Corning
- Phalaenopsis grandiflora var. fuscata (Rchb.f.) Burb.
- Phalaenopsis grandiflora var. gracillima Burb.
- Phalaenopsis grandiflora var. ruckeri Burb. nom. nud.
- Phalaenopsis rimestadiana (L.Linden) Rolfe
Synonyms of Phalaenopsis amabilis subsp. moluccana
- Phalaenopsis amabilis var. moluccana Schltr.
- Phalaenopsis amabilis var. cinerascens J.J.Sm.
- Phalaenopsis celebica Vlooten
Synonyms of Phalaenopsis amabilis subsp. rosenstromii
- Phalaenopsis amabilis var. rosenstromii (F.M.Bailey) Nicholls
- Phalaenopsis rosenstromii F.M.Bailey
- Phalaenopsis amabilis var. papuana Schltr.
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Phalaenopsis amabilis, commonly known as moon orchid, moth orchid, or mariposa orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae. It is widely cultivated as a decorative houseplant. It is an epiphytic or lithophytic herb with long, thick roots, between two and eight thick, fleshy leaves with their bases hiding the stem and nearly flat, white, long-lasting flowers on a branching flowering stem with up to ten flowers on each branch.
Phalaenopsis amabilis is native to Maritime Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Australia. It has three subspecies: P. a. amabilis, native to the Philippines (Palawan), Malaysia (Borneo), Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra, and Java); P. a. moluccana, native to the Maluku Islands (Seram and Buru Islands) and Sulawesi of Indonesia; and P. a. rosenstromii, native to Papua New Guinea and Australia (northeastern Queensland).
Phalaenopsis amabilis is one of the three national flowers of Indonesia, where it is known as anggrek bulan (lit. "moon orchid").