Paphiopedilum niveum [Rchb.f] Stein 1895 SUBGENUS Brachypetalum Haller 1897 Photo by © Eric Hunt and his Orchid Species Photo Website

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Common Name The Snow-White Paphiopedilum

Flower Size 3" [5 to 7 cm]

A small sized, warm to hot growing, dwarf, terrestrial species with 4 to 5, strap-shaped to narrowly elliptic, motttled dark green and gray leaves with purple spotting beneath that is native to Thailand, Burma, peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and surrounding islands which is found in limestone rock crevasses near the sea at elevations of 10 to 60 meters in humus filled cracks on limestone cliffs with bright light where it blooms in the spring and summer with an erect, terminal, pubescent, 6 to 8" [15 to 20 cm] long, single or occasional 2 fowered inflorescence. This species requires moderate shade, high humidity, warm to cool temperatures, and ample water while growing and a cool dry winter rest.

Synonyms Cordula nivea [Rchb.f] Rolfe 1912; Cypripedium concolor var. niveum Rchb.f 1883; *Cypripedium niveum Rchb.f 1869; Cypripedium niveum var. album auct. in ?; Paphiopedilum niveum f. album (auct.) O.Gruss 1999

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1870 as Cypripedium niveum; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfadden & Smitnand 1959; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 3 1963 photo as Cypripedium niveum; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 10 1963; AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 2 1970 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 4 1980 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 8 1980 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 5 1980 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 51 No 4 1982 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 61 No 7 1992 photo; The Genus Paphiopedilum Vol 1 & 2 Braem 1999; Australian Orchid Review Vol 65 No 6 2000 photo as P niveum f album; AOS Bulletin Vol 71 No 1 2002 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 71 No 8 2002 photo; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 3 Tanaka 2007; AOS Bulletin Vol 78 No 5 2009 photo;

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