Phalaenopsis × rolfeana is a species of orchid native to the Philippines. It is a hybrid of Phalaenopsis equestris and Phalaenopsis sanderiana.Phalaenopsis × rolfeana H.R.Sweet. (n.d.). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved April 23, 2022, from http://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=151282
Etymology The specific epithet rolfeana honours the English botanist Robert Allen Rolfe, who specialised in the study of orchids. He had first described this taxon as Phalaenopsis × hebe, which however was a Nomen illegitimum and thus not accepted.
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