Paphiopedilum druryi (Bedd.) Pfitzer 1895 SUBGENUS Paphiopedilum SECTION Thiopetalum Photo by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website

Flower en situ in near Kerala, IndiaPhoto courtesy of Sinu S from Kerala India

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Common Name Drury's Paphiopedilum [English Officer In India 1800's]

Flower Size 3" [to 7.5 cm]

This erect, medium sized, cool to warm growing, terrestrial species with 5 to 7, oblong-ligulate, coriaceous, suberect or spreading, rounded at the apex, clear green leaves is found in S. India at elevations of 1500 to 1700 meters and is likely extinct in the wild where it was found in open exposed grasslands, but in cultivation it blooms with a single flower on an erect, terminal, to 12" [30 cm] long, pubescent, purple, terete, inflorescence that is subtended by a green sheath and pale green, pubescent floral bract, and occurs in late spring and summer if given bright indirect light.

Synonyms Cordula drurii [Bedd.] Rolfe 1912; *Cypripedium druryi Bedd. 1874

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list IPNI ; The Genus Paphiopedilum Vol 1 & 2 Braem 1999 Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1874 as Cypripedium druryii; AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 2 1970; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 4 1980 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 44 no 6 1980; AOS Bulletin Vol 57 No 1 1988 photo;

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