Paphiopedilum mastersianum (Rchb. f.) Pfitzer 1895

SUBGENUS Paphiopedilum SECTION Barbata Photo by Eric Hunt, plant grown by White Oak Orchids

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Common Name Master's Paphiopedilum [English Orchid Magazine Publisher 1800's]

Flower Size 3" [7.5 cm]

Found in the Molucca and Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia as a medium sized, perennial, herbaceous, cool to warm growing epiphyte at elevations of 900 to 2000 meters with narrowly oblong, tridentate apically, deep green with pale green tesselate leaves occuring in pockets of humus on steep cliff faces with moderate shade with mist and condensation supplying water even in the dry seasons. It blooms in the winter and spring on an erect, purple, pubescent, 12 to 15" [30 to 37.5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with an ovate, subacute bract.

This is a warm to cool growing orchid that likes to be wet year round and have a balanced fertilizer in the growing season with a lessening in the winter.

Synonyms Cordula mastersiana [Rchb.f] Rolfe 1912; *Cypripedium mastersianum Rchb. f. 1879; Paphiopedilum mastersianum var. mohrianum (Braem) Koop. 2000; Paphiopedilum mohrianum Braem 1989

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Cypripedium drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Die Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 3 129 to 192; Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1971 drawing maybe; Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 1 1981 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 4 1985 photo fide; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 59 No 3 1995 photo fide; The Genus Paphiopedilum Vol 1 & 2 Braem 1999; Orchid Australia Vol 12 No 1 2000 photo; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000 ; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; Orchid Digest Vol 74 #1 2010 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 76 #4 2012 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 83 #2 2019 photo fide;

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