Schlechter, F.R.R. in Kraenzlin, F.W.L. (ed.) (1913), Die Orchidaceen von Deutsch-Neu-Guinea. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis Beihefte 1: 968 [tax. nov.]

Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 228 [secondary reference]

common name: Daintree Orchid [n/a] common name: Mt. Spec Orchid [n/a] common name: Moth Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 549 [secondary reference]

common name: Butterfly Orchid [n/a] common name: Moth Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Supplement: new species, discoveries and name changes. Native Orchids of Australia: 625 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Phalaenopsis rosenstromii F.M.Bailey legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 105 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "'Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land: On trees in the forests on the Malia [River] at the foot of the Bismark Range, alt. c. 150 m', Oct. 1908, R. Schlechter 18409 (syn B†, lectotype K! here designated, isolectotype AMES, E, L, NSW)."

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 105 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Phalaenopsis rosenstromii F.M.Bailey legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 1036 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Phalaenopsis rosenstromii F.M.Bailey legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Phalaenopsis rosenstromii F.M.Bailey legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Phalaenopsis rosenstromii F.M.Bailey legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 718 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Phalaenopsis rosenstromii F.M.Bailey legitimate

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