Moth orchid
Phalaenopsis amabilis (L.) Blume
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 75 cm
- wide
- 30 cm
Orchidaceae
Also called Phalaenopsis amabilis complex
Formerly Cymbidium amabile, Epidendrum amabile, Synadena amabilis
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- EpiphyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Malesia to NE. AustraliaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from RHS, one source
- Height
- 51 cm to 99 cmRead from RHS, one source
- Spread
- 10 cm to 51 cmRead from RHS, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from RHS, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellow, redRead from RHS, one source
- Coldest it survives
- 15 °C (USDA zone 12b)Read from RHS, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (11)
- Russian
- Фаленопсис приятный
- Chinese (China)
- 白花蝴蝶兰复合群
- Spanish
- Orquídea luna
- Persian
- ارکیده ماه
- Finnish
- Valkoperhoskämmekkä
- Indonesian
- Anggrek Bulan
- Javanese
- Anggrèk Wulan
- Dutch
- Maanorchidee
- Sundanese
- Anggrék bulan
- Ukrainian
- Фаленопсис приятный
- Chinese
- 白花蝴蝶蘭, 美丽蝴蝶兰
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Phalaenopsis amabilis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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