Name: Phalaenopsis doweryensis Garay & Christenson
Etymology: doweryensis = named after the "Dowery House Collection" in the USA, where the plant first flowered and was cultivated.

First description: 2001 by Leslie Andrew Garay and Eric A. Christenson in Orchid Digest (65: 115).
Origin / Distribution: Malaysia (Sabah on the island of Borneo).
Location / Habitat: Grows epiphytically in shady, warm, and humid lowland rainforests at altitudes from near sea level to approx. 150 meters. It inhabits moss-covered tree trunks and branches in the understory with constantly high humidity.
Description & Notes: Phalaenopsis doweryensis is a rare, small to medium-sized species with broad, leathery, obovate to elliptical, light green leaves. The upright to slightly arching inflorescence produces successive waxy, long-lasting flowers approx. 4–5 cm in diameter. The flowers have a cream to pale yellow base color with variable reddish-brown to cinnamon-colored spots or stripes. The three-lobed lip is white in the center with characteristic yellow and brown accents as well as a slightly hairy structure.

In cultivation, this Borneo rarity requires warm to hot conditions year-round (never consistently below 18–20 °C) and high relative humidity (70–80 %). The location should be semi-shaded to shaded, without direct sunlight. It requires a very airy substrate (e.g., medium pine bark with sphagnum moss) or can be grown mounted on cork. The substrate must be kept constantly moist, but must never be waterlogged.