Biology:Doritaenopsis
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| Flower of Doritaenopsis 'Dorado' | |
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| Genus: | × Doritaenopsis
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Doritaenopsis (abbreviated Dtps. in the horticultural trade[1]) was a genus of artificial hybrids first formally described in 1935 by André Guillaumin in the Archives du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.[2][3]
In the 1950's, Doritis pulcherrima (now known as Phalaenopsis pulcherrima) was crossed with Phalaenopsis equestris producing Doritaenopsis hybrids with more flowers with more intense pink than those of the Phalaenopsis parent and in 1975, Doritaenopsis Memoria Clarence Schubert 'Malibu Dream' was registered with the American Orchid Society, a specimen producing "an inflorescence nearly 8 ft (2.4 m) tall with five branches, 75 flowers and 29 buds", with "individual flowers measured 8.0 cm (3.1 in) across.[4]
Cultivation
The inflorescences should not be cut, as they will produce new flowers on old inflorescences. These hybrids produce many flowers, that last well into summer, have sharp colours and often multiple spikes. The tradeoff is slightly smaller flowers.[4]
References
- ↑ http://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/plant-registration-forms/orchid-name-abbreviations-list.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ↑ "× Doritaenopsis". Plants of the World Online. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:29334-1.
- ↑ Guillaumin, André (1935). "Les hybrides intergénériques d'Orchidées-Sarcanthées". Archives du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 12 (6): 613. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/280616#page/653/mode/1up. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Batchelor, Stephen R.. "Beginner's series - 20 Phalaenopsis - Part 1". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714122501/http://www.aos.org/images/img_content/PDFs/june_newsletter/Beginner_20.pdf. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
Wikidata ☰ Q2673613 entry
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