Paphiopedilum venustum [Wall. ex Sims] Pfitz. 1888 SUBGENUS Paphiopedilum SECTION Barbata

Photo by David Morris

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Common Name The Charming Paphiopedilum - In China Xiu Li Dou Lan

Flower Size to 3 1/2" [9 cm]

Found in Assam India, northeastern Bangladesh, the eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, Nepal and Yunnan province of China at elevations of 1000 to 1500 meters at the base of cliffs in humus or in dense undergrowth of bamboo thickets often near streams, as well as in the crotch of trees with leaf deitrius that grows as a medium sized, cool growing, shade loving terrestrial with narrowly elliptic, mottled bluish and lighter green, purple beneath leaves that blooms in the late winter and spring on an erect, terminal, 5" [12 cm] long, deep purple, pubescent, single flowered inflorescence with a elliptic-lanceolate, conduplicate, abaxially sparsely pubescent, ciliate, less than half as long as the ovary floral bract.

This orchid needs humid, well watered conditions year round.

Synonyms Cordula venusta [Wall. ex Sims] Rolfe 1912; *Cypripedium venustum Wall. 1820; Cypripedium venustum var. measuresianum auct. 1893; Cypripedium venustum var pardinum [Rchb.f] Rchb.f 1887; Cypripedium venustum var. spectabile Burb. 1874; Paphiopedilum venustum f. measuresianum (auct.) Braem 1998; Paphiopedilum venustum f. pardinum (Rchb.f.) Braem in G.J.Braem, C.O.Baker & M.L.Baker 1999; Paphiopedilum venustum var. bhutanensis Pradhan 1979; Paphiopedilum venustum var. pardinum (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer 1903; Paphiopedilum venustum var. rubrum Pradhan 1979; Paphiopedilum venustum var. teestaensis Pradhan 1979; Stimegas venustum (Wall. ex Sims) Raf. 1838

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as Cypripedium venustum drawing fide; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Cypripedium venustum drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 3 129 to 192; Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1971; Orchid Digest Vol 36 No 5 1972 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 37 No 1 1973 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 38 no 5 1974 photo fide; Indian Orchids: Guide to Identification and Culture Pradhan 1976 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 #8 1980 as P venustum var rubrum photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 1 1981 photo fide; Schlechteriana Vol 2 No 2 1991 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 61 No 9 1992 postage stamp 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 61 #1 1997 photo fide; Orchid Australia Vol 11 No 2 1999 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 70 No 10 2001 as P venustum var album; photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 6 2004 photo fide; 100 Sikkim Himalayan Orchids Pradhan 2005 photo fide; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 no 1 2008 photo fide; AOS Bulletin vol 78 No 5 2009 drawing fide; ; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; Orchid Digest Vol 76 #1 2012 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 76 #4 2012 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 81 #12 2012 photo fide;AOS Bulletin Vol 82 #9 2013 photo fide; Of Men and Orchids Part 1 Jenny 2015 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #9 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 # 7 2017 photo fide; LANKESTERIANA 17(3): 2017 photo fide; A Century of New Orchid Records in Bhutan Royal Government of Bhutan 2017 Drawing/Photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 87 #1 2018 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 83 #2 2019 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #5 2019 photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide

Paphiopedilum venustum forma measuresianum [Hort.] Braeme 1999

Photo by © Jay Pfahl

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This is an albino form of the species.

Synonyms Cypripedium venustum var. measuresianum auct. 1893

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Digest Vol 38 no 5 1974 photo fide; Indian Orchids: Guide to Identification and Culture Pradhan 1976 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 8 1980 as P venustum var album photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 62 #3 1998 as P venustum var album photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 65 No 6 2000 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 4 2003 photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 70 No 6 2005/6 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 82 #9 2013 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 # 1 2017 photo fide;

Synonyms Paphiopedilum venustum album Pradhan 1974; Paphiopedilum venustum var measuresianum Hort. 1990

~Paphiopedilum venustum var measuresianum Hort. 1990 - See Paphiopedilum venustum forma measuresianum [Hort.] Braeme 1999

~Paphiopedilum venustum album Pradhan 1974 - See Paphiopedilum venustum forma measuresianum [Hort.] Braeme 1999

Paphiopedilum venustum var pardinum [Rchb.f] Braeme 1999 Photo by Allen Black

Synonyms *Cypripedium pardinum Rchb.f 1869; Cypripedium venustum var pardinum {Rchb.f] Rchb.f 1887; Paphiopedilum pardinum [Rchb.f] Pfitzer 1894; Paphiopedilum venustum f. pardinum (Rchb.f.) Braem in G.J.Braem, C.O.Baker & M.L.Baker 1999

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Indian Orchids: Guide to Identification and Culture Pradhan 1976 photo fide;

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