Paphiopedilum kolopakingii Fowlie 1984 SUBGENUS Paphiopedilum SECTION Coryopedilum
Photos by Joseph Dougherty
Photo by Elite Orchids
Photo by Danny Lentz
Common Name Kolopaking's Paphiopedilum [Javanese Orchid Collector late 1900's]
Flower Size 2 2/5" to 4" [6 to 10 cm]
Found in central Kalimantan of Borneo on steep slopes in hill and lower montane forests clustered among rocks over steep river gorges at elevations of 600 to 1100 meters as a large sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial orchid with 8 to 10, strap-shaped, obtuse, clear green leaves that blooms in the spring on a stout, arching, 6 to 14 flowered, 16 to 28" [40 to 70 cm] long, densely pubescent, purple, terete inflorescence with elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, purple striped floral bracts and carrying honeysuckle scented flowers.
This species holds the distinction of having the most flowers open at once in the genus.
Synonyms Paphiopedilum kolopakingii f. katherinae Koop. 2007; Paphiopedilum topperi G.J.Braem & H.Mohr 1988
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 1 1984 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 61 #3 1992 photo fide; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 photo fide; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994 drawing/photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 59 No 3 1995 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 9 1997 photo; Orchids of Borneo Wood Vol 3 1997 drawing/photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000 as P topperi; Orchid Digest Vol 71 No 3 2007 as P kolopakingii f katherinae photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 76 #4 2012 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 80 #2 2016; AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #9 2015 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #5 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #7 2016 as P kolopakingii var topperi photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #4 2017 photo fide;
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