The orchid Phalaenopsis Rising Sun is a Phalaenopsis hybrid.
registered with the Royal Horticultural Society
by C.Beard in 1969.
Registered parents are
Phalaenopsis Susan Merkel
×
Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana.
The key influencing species of this hybrid are
Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana (50.00%
subgenus
Polychilos
section:
Amboinenses
)
Phalaenopsis amabilis subsp. amabilis (22.27%
)
Phalaenopsis amabilis (17.97%
)
listed in order of their genetic contribution.