Paphiopedilum javanicum var. virens

Paphiopedilum javanicum var. virens (Reichenbach fil.) Veitch

Described: Reichenbach fil. in Botanische Zeitung, 21: 128 (1889)
Transferred: Veitch in A Manual of Orchidaceous Plants, 4: 35 (1889)
Etymology: Derived from the Latin vireo, meaning green; named for the base color of the bloom.
Varieties & Forms: none
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Paphiopedilum purpurascens Fowlie in Orchid Digest, 38: 153-157 (1974)
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2n = metacentrics telocentrics n.f.

40 12 28 52

Bloom: differs from the typical variety in having smaller flowers with more horizontally held petals having less spotting and a glossy deep green base-color, a glossy dark brown pouch, and a more pubescent ovary.

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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.
Dortort, Fred. "A Journey Through Malaysia." American Orchid Society Bulletin 56, no. 2 (Feb 1987): 135-43.
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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2n =	metacentrics	telocentrics	n.f.
40	12	28	52