title: Phalaenopsis robinsonii
text: # Phalaenopsis robinsonii
  
  Phalaenopsis robinsonii is a species of orchid native to Maluku, Indonesia. The specific epithet robinsonii refers to the botanist and collector of the type specimen Charles Budd Robinson (1871-1913).
  
  ## Description
  
  It is a pendulous epiphyte with 4–5, up to 31 cm long and 5.7 cm wide leaves. Fleshy, white flowers with lilac spots are produced on few-flowered, arching, branched or unbranched inflorescences. The lateral lobes of the labellum are unusually small.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  This species is placed in the section Amboinenses of subgenus Polychilos. An affinity to Phalaenopsis amboinensis or Phalaenopsis modesta has been reported.
  
  