Paphiopedilum parishii [Rchb.f] Stein 1894 SUBGENUS Paphiopedilum SECTION Pardalopetalum
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Common Name Parish's Paphiopedilum [English Orchid Collector 1800's] - in Thailand Rangthao nari mu'ang kan, Rangthao nari nuat ruesi - In China Piao Dai Dou Lan
Flower Size slightly more than 3" [to more than 7.5 cm]
Found in Assam India, Myanmar, Thailand and Yunnan province of China high up on large trees in association with ferns and bird's nests, at elevations of 1250 to 2200 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphytic and sometimes terrestrial species with oblong-ligulate, leathery, clear green, bifid apically leaves that blooms in the winter with a sub-erect, terminal, pale green, pubescent, to 2' [60 cm] long, simultaneously opening, multiflowered inflorescence that has ovate, inflated floral bracts that cover 1/2 to 3/4 of the ovary.
This species requires shade as well as even watering and fertilizer year round.
It is a multiforal plant and all the blooms open at the same time.
Synonyms Cordula parishii [Rchb.f] Rolfe 1912; *Cypripedium parishii Rchb.f 1869; Selenipedium parishii (Rchb. f.) Andre 1875
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95 as Cypripedium parishii; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Cypripedium parishii drawing fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfadden & Smitnand 1959; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1964 corrections; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; AOS Bulletin Vol 36 #11 1967 as Cypripedium parishiiphoto fide; AOS Bulletin VOl 37 # 5 1968 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 fide; Botanisk Tidsserift 67: 76-127 Contributions to the Orchid Flora of Thailand IV Seidenfaden 1972 drawing fide; Orchid Digest Vol 38 no 6 1974 photo fide; Beautiful Thai Orchid Species Kamemoto & Sagarik 1975 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 6 1980 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 46 No 2 1982 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 51 No 2 1987 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 3 1992 photo fide; Thai Orchid Species Rakpaibulsombat 1992 photo fide; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 59 No 3 1995 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 59 No 3 1995 photo fide; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; AOS Bulletin Vol 70 No 10 2001 photo fide; 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; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 1 Tanaka 2003; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 71 No 1 2007 photo; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 3 Tanaka 2007; Orchid Digest Vol 71 #1 2008 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 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 photo fide; Flora Of Thailand Orchidaceae Vol 12 Part 1 Pedersen, Kurzweil, Suddee & Cribb 2011 drawing fide; Orchid Digest Vol 76 #4 2012 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #8 2016 photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide
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