Paphinia clausula Dressler 1866 Photo courtesy of Jean Claude George

Lip Detail Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl

Flower Fully Opened

Photos courtesy of David Jubineau And His Bulbophyllum & Co. Website

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Common Name The Locked Paphinia

Flower Size 1/2" wide, 1" long [1.25 cm x 2.5 cm]

Found in Colombia as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with ovoid pseudobulbs carrying plicate leaves that blooms on a pendant, 4" [10 cm] long, few flowered inflorescence with capanulate flowers that do not open well occurring in the fall.

SynonymsPaphinia cristata f. modiglianiana (Rchb.f.) O.Gruss 2003; Paphinia cristata var modigliana Rchb.f 1888

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