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Paphiopedilum bellatulum [Rchb.f]Stein 1892 SUBGENUS Brachypetalum Haller 1897

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Common Name The Enchanting Paphiopedilum - In China Ju Ban Dou Lan - In Thailand Rongthao nari fa hoi, Ueang ueng

Flower Size to 2 1/2" [6 cm]

Found in Assam India, Myanmar, Thailand and central and Yunnan China in shady, limestone crevices with the roots in leaf mold and moss or on moist, mossy covered limestone rocks in shady spots at an altitudes of 300 to 1600 meters as a small sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial species occuring with 4 to 5, oblong, elliptic, rounded and minutely emarginate apically, mottled dark and pale green, purple spotted below leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on a terminal, short, pubescent, dark purple1 to 2" [2.5 to 5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with a green spotted with purpleovate to elliptic, conduplicate, more or less abaxially hairy on the midvein floral bract that is half as long as the ovary arising from the top center of the leaves and just clears or touches the leaves.

This orchid grows best if given even water and fertilizer year round.

Synonyms Cordula bellatula Rolfe 1912; *Cypripedium bellatulum Rchb.f 1888; Paphiopedilum bellatulum f. album (O'Brien) Braem 1998; Paphiopedilum bellatulum var. album O'Brien 1896

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95 as Cypripedium bellatulum; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as P bellatulum var album; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as P bellatulum var chotekae; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as P bellatulum var egregium; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as P bellatulum var lineatum; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as P bellatulum var luteopurpureum; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Cypripedium bellatulumdrawing fide; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Holttum 1957 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 28 No 2 1959 as Cyprip[edium bellatulum photo fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfadden & Smitnand 1959 drawing/photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 3 1963 as Cypripedium bellatulum photo fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Orchid Digest Vol 34 #7 1970 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 2 1970 photo fide; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 3 129 to 192; Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1971 drawing/photo fide; Botanisk Tidsserift 67: 76-127 Contributions to the Orchid Flora of Thailand IV Seidenfaden 1972 drawing fide; Beautiful Thai Orchid Species Kamemoto & Sagarik 1975 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 42 No 1 1978 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 4 1980 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 5 1980 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 #4 1980 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 51 No 10 1982 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 6 1985 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 56 No 3 1987 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 51 No 2 1987 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 1 1992 photo fide; Thai Orchid Species Rakpaibulsombat 1992 photo fide; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 62 No 10 1993 postae stamp fide; AOS Bulletin No 63 No 12 1994 photo plant only; Orchid Digest Vol 59 No 3 1995 photo fide; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; Orchid Digest Vol 62 #3 1998 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 68 No 4 1999 photo fide; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Oasis Vol 1 No 3 2000 photo; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 1 O'Byrne 2001 photo fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 71 No 1 2002 photo fide; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 1 Tanaka 2003; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 71 No 2 2006 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 6 2004 photo; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 3 Tanaka 2007; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 8 2008 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #5 2011 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 76 #4 2012 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 81 #11 2012 photo fide Orchid Digest Vol 79 #2 2015 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 79 #4 2015 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #10 2015 photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 89 #11 2020 photo fide;

Paphiopedilum bellatulum f. album (O'Brien) Braem 1998

A White Color Variety of the previous species.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 28 No 2 1959 photo; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitnand 1959 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 3 1963 as Cypripedium bellatulum var album photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 42 No 1 1978 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 4 1980 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 5 1980 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 68 No 2 1999 photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 65 No 6 2000 photo; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 2 Tanaka 2004; Flora Of Thailand Orchidaceae Vol 12 Part 1 Pedersen, Kurzweil, Suddee & Cribb 2011 drawing/photo fide

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