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Moth orchid at Kandy Botanical Gardens Royalty Free Stock Photo

Phalaenopsis /ÃÅfÃÂ¦lÃÂªÃËnÃâpsÃÂªs/ Blume 1825, commonly known as moth orchids,[2] is a genus of about seventy species of plants in the family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus are monopodial epiphytes or lithophytes with long, coarse roots, short, leafy stems and long-lasting, flat flowers arranged in a flowering stem that often branches near the end. Orchids in this genus are native to India, Taiwan, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Australia with the majority in Indonesia and the Philippines.