Orchidaceae
Phalaenopsis modesta
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Phalaenopsis
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Common names
By language (2)
- Russian
- Фаленопсис умеренный
- Ukrainian
- Фаленопсис помірний
Synonyms
- Phalaenopsis modesta f. alba O.Gruss & Roeth
- Polychilos modesta (J.J.Sm.) Shim
Photos

Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Phalaenopsis modesta: [Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia / マレーシア ボルネオ島 サバ州] SUBGENUS Polychilos SECTION Amboinenses .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps} Sweet 1968 Distributio](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Phalaenopsis_modesta_%28red_form_self_seedling%29_J.J.Sm.%2C_Icon._Bogor._t._218_%281906%29_%2849897716593%29.jpg/1280px-Phalaenopsis_modesta_%28red_form_self_seedling%29_J.J.Sm.%2C_Icon._Bogor._t._218_%281906%29_%2849897716593%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Phalaenopsis modesta: [Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia / マレーシア ボルネオ島 サバ州] SUBGENUS Polychilos SECTION Amboinenses .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps} Sweet 1968 Distributio](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Phalaenopsis_modesta_%28red_form_self_seedling%29_J.J.Sm.%2C_Icon._Bogor._t._218_%281906%29_%2849898228401%29.jpg/1280px-Phalaenopsis_modesta_%28red_form_self_seedling%29_J.J.Sm.%2C_Icon._Bogor._t._218_%281906%29_%2849898228401%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Phalaenopsis modesta: [Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia / マレーシア ボルネオ島 サバ州] SUBGENUS Polychilos SECTION Amboinenses .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps} Sweet 1968 Distributio](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Phalaenopsis_modesta_%28red_form_self_seedling%29_J.J.Sm.%2C_Icon._Bogor._t._218_%281906%29_%2849898501887%29.jpg/1280px-Phalaenopsis_modesta_%28red_form_self_seedling%29_J.J.Sm.%2C_Icon._Bogor._t._218_%281906%29_%2849898501887%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Phalaenopsis modesta: [Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia / マレーシア ボルネオ島 サバ州] SUBGENUS Polychilos SECTION Amboinenses .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps} Sweet 1968 Distributio](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Phalaenopsis_modesta_%28red_form_self_seedling%29_J.J.Sm.%2C_Icon._Bogor._t._218_%281906%29_%2849898468537%29.jpg/1280px-Phalaenopsis_modesta_%28red_form_self_seedling%29_J.J.Sm.%2C_Icon._Bogor._t._218_%281906%29_%2849898468537%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Phalaenopsis modesta: [Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia / マレーシア ボルネオ島 サバ州] SUBGENUS Polychilos SECTION Amboinenses .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps} Sweet 1968 Distributio](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Phalaenopsis_modesta_%28red_form_self_seedling%29_J.J.Sm.%2C_Icon._Bogor._t._218_%281906%29_%2849897715288%29.jpg/1280px-Phalaenopsis_modesta_%28red_form_self_seedling%29_J.J.Sm.%2C_Icon._Bogor._t._218_%281906%29_%2849897715288%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dr. Alexey Yakovlev, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dr. Alexey Yakovlev, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Motohiro Sunouchi, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Motohiro Sunouchi, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Motohiro Sunouchi, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.