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Phalaenopsis luteola is a rarely grown species of moth orchid from Borneo, with pale yellow, brown-barred flowers. It is a lithophytic (rock-growing) relative of the common houseplant moth orchids, so treat it like one: bright, humid, and never waterlogged.
Phalaenopsis luteola is a species of flowering plant in the Family Orchidaceae. It is endemic to Borneo. The specific epithet luteola, from the Latin luteolus meaning "yellowish", refers to the floral colouration.
This species is very rarely cultivated. It has been reintroduced to cultivation by Gruss and Röllke in Germany.
Phalaenopsis subg. Hygrochilus · Phalaenopsis subg. Ornithochilus · Moth orchid · Phalaenopsis amboinensis · Phalaenopsis aphrodite · Phalaenopsis appendiculata · Phalaenopsis bastianii · Phalaenopsis bellina · Phalaenopsis boulbetii · Phalaenopsis buyssoniana · Phalaenopsis cacharensis · Phalaenopsis celebensis
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phalaenopsis luteola by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
