This orchid (Phalaenopsis) is indistinguishable from the real thing! Give the orchid a prominent spot in your home and enjoy this exceptionally easy 'plant' for years on end. This artificial plant is cm tall and comes in a ceramic pot - ideal for placing inside your home as a very relaxing fixture or on your office desk, in the kitchen
he generic name from Greek means φαλαινα "Phalaen[a]-like" and is probably a reference to the genus Phalaena the name given by Carl linnaeus to a group of large moths; the flowers of some species supposedly resemble moths in flight.For this reason, the species are sometimes called moth orchids.
They are native throughout southeast Asia from the Himalayan mountains to the islands of polillo Palawan and Zamboanga del norte in the island of Mindanao in the Phillippines and northern Australia.Orchid island of Taiwan is named after this genus. Little recent information about their habitat and their ecology in nature is available since little field research has been done in the last decades.
Most are epiphytic shade plants; a few are lithophytes. In the wild, some species grow below the canopies of moist and humid lowland forests, protected against direct sunlight; others grow in seasonally dry or cool environments. The species have adapted individually to these three habitats.
