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var. javanicum	var. virens

Paphiopedilum javanicum (Reinwardt ex Blume) Pfitzer

• Described: Reinwardt ex Blume in Catalogus, 98 (1823)
• Transferred: Pfitzer in Pringsheim, Jahrbcher fur wissenschaftliche Botanik, 19:165 (1888)
• Etymology: Named for Java, its island of origin.
• Varieties & Forms:
  Paphiopedilum javanicum var. virens (Reichenbach fil. in Botanische Zeitung, 21: 128 (1889)) Veitch in A Manual of Orchidaceous Plants, 4: 35 (1889)
  Paphiopedilum javanicum fma. nymphenburgianum (Roeth & Gruss in Die Orchidee, 48(1): 8-10 (1997)) Cribb in The Genus Paphiopedilum, 2nd Edition: 371 (1998) - albino form
• Synonyms: none
• Chromosome Count -

  2n =	metacentrics	telocentrics	n.f.
  38	14	24	52

Plant Habit

• Leaves: 4-5, 12-23 cm long, 3-4 cm wide, pale green with faint dark green mottling
• Inflorescence: 1-flowered, 16-36 cm long, purple, shortly white-pubescent
• Bloom: 8-10 cm wide
• Plant: found in small colonies

Habitat Data

• Distribution -
  
• Elevation: 950-2000 m
• Peak Flowering in the Wild: ?
• Ecology: forest floor amongst boulders
• Mean Temperature Range: 17-18°C
• Light: moderately deep shade
• Medium: leaf litter over volcanic soils
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Sources:

• Braem, Guido J., and Guy Chiron. Paphiopedilum. Saint-Genis Laval, France: Tropicalia, 2003.
• Cribb, Phillip J. The Genus Paphiopedilum. Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia: Natural History Publications in association with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1998.
• Gruss, O. "Albino Forms of the Slipper Orchids." Orchid Digest 69, no. 4 (Oct/Dec 2005): 204-29.
• Karasawa, K. "Karyomorphological Studies in Paphiopedilum, Orchidaceae." Bulletin of the Hiroshima Botanical Garden 2 (Mar 1979): 1979.

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