Paphiopedilum virens (Rchb. f.) Pfitzer 1863 SUBGENUS Sigmatopetalum SECTION Barbata SUBSECTION Chloroneura
Plant and Flower in Situ Borneo Photos by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website.
Plant en Situ Borneo Photos courtesy of Peter Maxwell
Another Clone? Photos by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website.
Common Name The Greenish Paphiopedilum
Found on the lower slopes of mount Kinabalu part of the Croker range of Sabah and has many similarities to P javanuiacum.
Synonyms Cordula virens Rolfe 1912; *Cypripedium virens Rchb. f. 1863
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1870 as Cypripedium virens drawing fide; Orchid Digest Vol 38 no 3 1974 drawing/photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 1 1981 drawing/photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 3 1981 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 5 1984 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 49 No 4 1985 photo fide; Orchid Digest 51 Vol 4 1987 photo fide; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 3 2009 as P javanicum var virens photo/drawing fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 1 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 as P javanicum var virens drawing/photo fide;
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