Paphiopedilum barbatum (Lindl.) Pfitzer 1888 SUBGENUS Sigmatopetalum SECTION Barbata SUBSECTION Barbata

Another ClonePhoto courtesy of Weyman Bussey, plant grown by Howard Gunn

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Common Name The Bearded Paphiopedilum - In Thailand V'ang u'ng

Flower Size to 3 1/5" [8 cm]

Found in Malaysia and penninsular Thailand in moist shady valleys on granite boulders covered with moss or on the ground in mossy and sandy or peaty areas at elevations of 700 to 1300 meters as a medium sized terrestrial with narrowly elliptic, thin in texture, dull and dark green mottled leaves that blooms in the spring on a 10" [25 cm] long, single [ocasionally 2] flowered inflorescence with a floral bract that is 1/4 the length of the ovary

Synonyms Cordula barbata (Lindl.) Rolfe 1912; *Cypripedium barbatum Lindl 1841; Cypripedium purpuratum Wight 1851; Cypripedium warnerianum Rchb.f. ex Wittm. 1883

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfadden & Smitnand 1959; AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 2 1970; Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 2 1981 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 46 No 1 1982 photo; The Genus Paphiopedilum vol 1 Braem 1998; The Genus Paphiopedilum vol 2 Braem 1999; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; Australian Orchid Review Vol 67 No 4 2002 photo;

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