Looking for the scientific name of an orchid plant

July 11, 2013 8:23 PM

What's the scientific name for this orchid plant? Wikipedia says that the genus Doritaenopsis is has been now been classified as Phalaenopsis. So if the genus would be Phalaenopsis, what would the species name be?
posted by SockISalmon to Science & Nature (2 answers total)

Best answer: Because orchids (and perhaps Phals in particular) are aggressively bred to bring out colors or other features, it's often really impossible to figure out which species a particular plant belongs to. This site seems to have a decent basic breakdown.

There's a reason you just see "belongs to the Phalaenopsis spp."
posted by Emperor SnooKloze at 9:39 PM on July 11, 2013

Response by poster: That's helpful, thank you.
posted by SockISalmon at 8:44 AM on July 13, 2013