Phragmipedium kaieteurum (N.E. Br.) Garay 1979 SECTION Platypetalum
Photos by © P. A. Mahon
Drawing by © Dunsterville
Common Name The Kaieteur Phragmipedium [a waterfall in Guyana]
Flower Size 2.4" [6 cm]
Found in Surinam and Guyana as a medium sized, warm growing terrestrial that blooms on an erect, several flowered inflorescence
Often cited as a synonym of Phragmipedium lindleyanum but differs in the short status, shorter, non-branching inflorescence and certain floral characteristics, so I have included it as a separate species..
Synonyms Paphiopedilum kaieteurum (N.E.Br.) V.A.Albert & Börge Pett. 1994; *Selenipedium kaieteurium N.E.Br. 1885; Selenipedium lindleyanum var. kaieteurium (N.E.Br.) Cogn. 1893
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Gard. Chron., n.s., 24: 262 N E Br 1885 as Selenipedium kaieteurum
Fl. Bras. 3(4): 14 Cogniaux 1893 as Selenipedium lindleyanum var. kaieteurium
Pflanzenr., IV, 50(Heft 12): 45 Pfitzer 1903 as Phragmipedium lindleyanum var. kaieteurum
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as Phragmopedilum lindleyanum var kajeteurum;
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 as Phragmopedilum kajeteurum drawing ok;
*Orchid Digest 43: 136 Garay 1979
Orchids of Venezuela, An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 3 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 drawing fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 50 No 11 1981 photo;
Lindleyana 9: 137 V.A.Albert & Börge Pett. 1994 as Papiopeedilum kaieteurum
Orchids of Venezuela Dunsterville 1987
Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000;
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