Phalaenopsis × gersenii is a species of orchid native to Borneo and Sumatra.

[2] It is named after Gerrit Jan Gersen (1826-1877).

[3] He was a Dutch official, who was deployed to the Dutch East Indies, where he also was active as a plant collector of the Malesian region.

[7] The other natural hybrid however involves Phalaenopsis bellina instead of Phalaenopsis violacea.

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