Phalaenopsis difformis

Phalaenopsis difformis
	Flower detail
Conservation status
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Phalaenopsis
Subgenus:	Phalaenopsis subg. Ornithochilus
Species:	P. difformis
Binomial name
	Phalaenopsis difformis; (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit.
Varieties
	Phalaenopsis difformis var. difformis; Phalaenopsis difformis var. kinabaluensis (J.J.Wood, A.Lamb & Shim) Kocyan & Schuit.;
Synonyms
	Aerides difformis Wall. ex Lindl.; Ornithochilus difformis (Wall. ex Lindl.) Schltr.; Sarcochilus difformis (Wall. ex Lindl.) Tang & F.T.Wang; Trichoglottis diformis (Wall. ex Lindl.) T.B.Nguyen & D.H.Duong; Synonyms of Phalaenopsis difformis var. difformis Ornithochilus delavayi Finet; Ornithochilus doritoides (Guillaumin) R.Rice; Ornithochilus eublepharon Hance; Ornithochilus fuscus Wall. ex Lindl.; Vanda doritoides Guillaumin; Synonyms of Phalaenopsis difformis var. kinabaluensis Ornithochilus difformis var. kinabaluensis J.J.Wood, A.L.Lamb & Shim; Ornithochilus kinabaluensis (J.J.Wood, A.L.Lamb & Shim) R.Rice & A.L.Lamb;

Phalaenopsis difformis, also known as the dark brown Phalaenopsis, is a species of epiphytic orchid native to Assam, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam and West Himalaya.