Paphiopedilum exul (Ridl.) Kervoche 1894 Subgen Paphiopedilum Sec. Paphiopedilum Karasawa & Saito 1982 Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved.

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Common Name The Excluded Paphiopedilum

Flower Size about 3" [to 7.5 cm]

A small to medium sized, warm growing, terrestrial species with linear, suberect, clear green, fleshy, glossy leaves found in Peninsular Thailand in rock crevices at lower elevations which flowers in the fall through late spring with 1 flower on a slender, pubescent, 12" [30 cm] long, inflorescence with a long, narrrolwy elliptic to elliptic floral bract.

Synonyms Cordula exul [Ridl.] Rolfe 1912; Cypripedium exul [Ridl.] Rolfe 1892; *Cypripedium insigne var. exul Ridley 1891; Paphiopedilum exul f. aureum (auct.) O.Gruss & Roellke 2002; Paphiopedilum exul var. aureum auct. 1896

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Genus Paphiopedilum Vol 2 Braeme and Bakers 1999

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