Paphiopedilum curtisii (Rchb. f.) Pfitzer 1895
SUBGENUS Sigmatopetalum SECTION Barbata SUBSECTION Loripetalum
Var alba Photos by © Lourens Grobler. Photo courtesy of Nik Fahmi and his Vortex Orchid Page
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Common Name Curtis' Paphiopedilum [English Orchid Grower]
Flower Size 4 1/2" [11.2 cm]
Found in Sumatra as a medium to large sized, hot growing terrestrial with 4 to 5, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, tessellated dark and light green above leaves that are flushed purple anderneath towards the leaf base that blooms on a 10" [25 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with elliptic-lancecolate floral bracts occuring in the spring and summer. Often cited as a synonym of Paphiopedilum superbiens and most likely is but I have left them separate at this time.
Synonyms Cordula curtisii Rolfe 1912; *Cypripedium curtisii Rchb. f. 1883; Paphiopedilum superbiens var. curtisii (Rchb.f.) Braem 1988
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list IPNI ; Orchid Digest Vol 42 No 5 1978 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 3 1980 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 2 1981 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 50 No 6 1981 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 5 1981 drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 4 1985 photo; The Genus Paphiopedilum Vol 1 & 2 Braem 1999; Australian Orchid Review Vol 65 No 6 2000 photo as P curtisii f sanderae;
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