Paphiopedilum barbatum (Lindl.) Pfitzer 1888 Subgen Paphiopedilum Sec. Barbata [Kranzlin] Albert & Pett.

Another ClonePhoto courtesy of Weyman Bussey, plant grown by Howard Gunn to

Common Name The Bearded Paphiopedilum

Flower Size to 3 1/5" [8 cm]

Found in Malaysia and penninsular Thailand in moist shady valleys on granite boulders covered with moss or on the ground in mossy and sandy or peaty areas at elevations of 700 to 1300 meters as a medium sized terrestrial with narrowly elliptic, thin in texture, dull and dark green mottled leaves that blooms on a 10" [25 cm] long, single [ocasionally 2] flowered inflorescence with a floral bract that is 1/4 the length of the ovary

Synonyms Cordula barbata (Lindl.) Rolfe 1912; *Cypripedium barbatum Lindl 1841; Cypripedium purpuratum Wight 1851; Cypripedium warnerianum Rchb.f. ex Wittm. 1883

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list IPNI ; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; The Genus Paphiopedilum vol 1 Braem 1998; The Genus Paphiopedilum vol 2 Braem 1999

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