taxonID	type	description	language	source
0380E952644AFFB3FFE6FEBCE0725486.taxon	description	[BM 000534956 digital image!]). Phalaenopsis minor F. Y. Liu, Acta Bot. Yunnan. 10: 119. 1988. Phalaenopsis wilsonii Rolfe f. azurea Z. J. Liu & Z. Z. Ru, Orchidee (Hamburg) 57: 318. 2006. Fig. 1 Plants c. 4 cm long. Roots well developed, densely verrucose, elongate, fasciculate, fleshy, flattened, greenish. Stem 0.8 – 1 cm long. Leaves usually 1 or 2, sometimes leafless, 6 – 7 × 2.2 – 2.4 cm, purple green, oblong-elliptic, apex acute. Flower stalk 7 – 10 cm long, arcuate, zigzag. Bracts ovate-triangular, apex acute, c. 6 × 4 mm, membranous. Flowers few, widely opened, 4 – 5 cm broad, widely spaced. Sepals, petals orange-peach, colour prominent at base, mauve, lip magenta color, column white or pinkish. Dorsal sepal oblong-elliptic, c. 20 × 6 mm, acute or sub-obtuse at apex. Lateral sepals oblique, c. 16 × 7 mm, acute at apex. Petals spatulate, elliptic or oblong-ovate, c. 18 × 8 mm, obtuse at apex. Clawed at lip base, lip three-lobed; lateral lobes erect, sickle-shaped, 5 – 8 mm, adaxially incisedtipped keel; mid-lobe obcordate when spread, c. 9 × 5 mm, fleshy hump, convex, notched at apex, medium keel raised at base. Column erect, 6 – 8 mm, adaxial stigmatic cavity. Pedicellate ovary. Anther cap shortly beaked, white-purplish on dorsal side. Pollinia four, in two unequal pairs. Capsules 2 – 3 × 0.5 – 0.7 cm, cylindric. Flowering & fruiting: Flowering from April to May; fruiting from May to July. Habitat: Epiphytic on mossy tree trunks. Only two individuals were spotted growing together. Distribution: China, now in India. Likely to have an extended distribution in northern Vietnam (Christenson, 2001). Specimen examined: INDIA, Nagaland, Zunhebhoto district, Kithsakita, N 26 ̊ 62 192 2 E 94 ̊ 322 142 2, 1529 m, 01.07.2017, J. Kamba 102 (Nagaland University Herbarium).	en	J., Kamba, Deb, C. R. (2021): Phalaenopsis wilsonii (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Vandeae), a new record for India. Rheedea 31 (3): 197-199, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2021.31.03.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2021.31.03.10
