Paphiopedilum spicerianum [Rchb.f]Pfitz. 1888 SUBGENUS Paphiopedilum SECTION Thiopetalum Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl

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Common Name Spicer's Paphiopedilum [English Officer in India 1800's] - In China Bai Qi Dou Lan

Flower Size to 3" [6 to 8 cm]

This smaller sized, terrrestrial or sometimes lithophytic species has 5 oblong, clear, dull green leaves that are mottled purple below and is from the Assam region of India, the eastern Himalayas, Bhutan and Myanamar as well as Yunnan China on steep rocky slopes or in rock crevasses at elevations of 300 to 2000 meters and is a small sized, cold to warm growing plant that flowers from autumn till winter with an erect, multiflowered, sequential blooming, slender, purple 9 to 16" [20 to 40 cm] long, inflorescence with ovate, acute bracts and needs shade with no winter rest.

Synonyms Cordula spiceriana [Rchb.f] Rolfe 1912; *Cypripedium spicerianum Rchb.f 1879; Paphiopedilum spicerianum f. immaculatum Braem 1999

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 2 1970 photo; Die Orchideen #3 9-12 tafel 4 Rudolph Schlechter 1971 drawing fide; Orchid Digest No 36 No 1 1972 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 6 1980 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 59 No 3 1995 photo fide; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 2 Tanaka 2004; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 1 2006 photo; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 3 Tanaka 2007; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide;

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