~Paphiopedilum virens (Rchb. f.) Pfitzer 1863 - See Paphiopedilum javanicum (Reinw. ex Blume) Pfitzer 1888SUBGENUS Sigmatopetalum SECTION Barbata SUBSECTION Chloroneura
Plant and Flower in Situ Borneo
Photos by © Eric Hunt
Photos by Peter Maxwell
Photos by © Eric Hunt
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Common Name The Greenish Paphiopedilum
Found on the lower slopes of mount Kinabalu, part of the Crocker range of Sabah as a small sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial that blooms in the winter.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1870 as Cypripedium virens drawing fide; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Orchid Digest Vol 38 no 4 1974 drawing/photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 38 no 4 1974 as P purpurascensdrawing/photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 1 1981 drawing/photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 3 1981 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 5 1984 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 49 No 4 1985 photo fide; Orchid Digest 51 Vol 4 1987 photo fide; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 3 2009 as P javanicum var virens photo/drawing fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 1 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 as P javanicum var virens drawing/photo fide;
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