Phalaenopsis parishii
A miniature Phalaenopsis from the eastern Himalaya to Indochina, with a few small leaves and short sprays of white flowers with a purple lip. It grows on tree branches in seasonal forests that have a warm, wet monsoon and a dry, cooler winter. It is a challenging miniature that wants shade, humid moving air and a reduced winter watering without being allowed to dry out completely.
Where it grows wild
On branches and occasionally rocks in seasonal mixed evergreen and deciduous forest, in shaded spots and near streams. Collectors in Thailand recorded it on a shaded tree branch in mixed evergreen-deciduous forest and along a stream in degraded deciduous forest.
Only one wild record gives elevation: 525 m at Doi Chiang Dao, northern Thailand. The general elevation range is not well documented.
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