Phalaenopsis 'White Apple'

RHS Plant Profile
moth orchid 'White Apple'

Small sized, evergreen, upright growing epiphytic orchid. Broadly oval, green or dark green leaves up to 15cm long emerge from the centre of the plant and are main storage of water and nutrients. New flowering stems appear from the base of older leaves. Numerous long lasting flowers are carried on semi-pendulous branched racemes, up to 30cm tall. Each flowering stem carries up to 15 flowers, opening in succession. Flowers are bilaterally symmetrical, white with blush of pink and mauve on the reverse. Lip is yellow and spotted in the centre. Compact and floriferous.

Size

Time to Maturity
No preference

Colour & Scent

Season Stem Flower Foliage Fruit
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Botanical Details

Family
Orchidaceae
Native to GB/Ireland
No
Genus
Phalaenopsis are a large genus of species and hybrid mainly epiphytic orchids. Short, upward growing, stem-like rhizomes with no pseudobulbs produce oval, fleshy mid to dark green leaves and flowers in branched racemes from the base of the leaves
Name Status
Unresolved