Paphiopedilum stonei (Hook. f.) Pfitzer 1895SUBGENUS Paphiopedilum SECTION Coryopedilum

Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Common Name Stone's Paphiopedilum [English Gardener For Mr. Day 1800's]

Flower Size 8" or less [20 cm or less]

A larger sized, green-leafed, multiflowered, hot growing terrestrial orchid from Sarawak, Borneo on limestone hills and cliffs at sea level to 500 meters in elevation with to 5, strap-shaped, leathery, glossy green leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, terminal, dull greenish purple, pubescent, 2'4" [70 cm] long, 3 to 5 flowered inflorescence that has lanceolate bracts that cover 1/2 of the ovary.

Synonyms Cordula stonei [Hook] Rolfe 1912; *Cypripedium stonei Hook. f. 1862; Paphiopedilum stonei f. alboflavum O.Gruss & Koop. 2006

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1870 as Cypripedium stonei drawing fide; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 photo fide; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as Pahipedilum stonei var acrosepalum; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as Paphiopedilum stonei var platytaenium; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Cypripedium stonei drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 9 1958 drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 2 1970; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 3 129 to 192; Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1971 drawing hmm; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 5 1980 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 50 #8 1981 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 1 1985 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 6 1985 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; Orchids of Borneo Wood Vol 3 1997 drawing/photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 7 1998 as P stonei var latifolium photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 69 No 1 2000 photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 65 No 6 2000 photo as P stonei f albescens; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000; Orchids of Sarawak Beaman, Wood & Beaman etal 2001; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 1 O'Byrne 2001 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 71 No 11 2002 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 6 2005 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 3 2006 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 72 No 3 2008 as P stonei f album photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 72 No 3 2008 as P stonei f alboflavum; Orchid Digest Vol 76 #4 2012 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 80 #1 2016 as P stonei f luteo-album photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #6 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #7 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #12 2016 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 81 #2 2017 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 87 #10 2018 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 89 #1 2020 as P stonei f luteoalbumphoto fide

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