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Phragmipedium schlimii (Linden & Reichenbach fil.) Rolfe

• Described: Linden & Reichenbach fil. in Bonplandia, 2: 277 (1854) and Xenia Orchidacea, 1: 125, tb. 44 (1854)
• Transferred: Rolfe in Orchid Review, 4: 332 (1896)
• Etymology: Named for its discoverer, Louis Schlim.
• History: Phrag. schlimii was discovered in 1852 by one of J.J. Linden's collectors near Ocana in New Granada (now Colombia).  It first flowered in the Linden establishment in 1854.
• Varieties & Forms: none
• Synonyms: none
• Chromosome Count -

  2n =	metacentrics	telocentrics	n.f.
  30	6	24	36

Plant Habit

• Leaves: 4-6, 10-30 cm long, pale green, sometimes with purple at the base
• Inflorescence: 1-10 flowered, sometimes branched, blooming sequentially, 10-30 cm long, purple, sparsely hirsute
• Bloom: 4-6 cm wide

Habitat Data

• Distribution -
  
• Elevation: 1200-2000 m
• Peak Flowering in the Wild: McCook (1989): June-February; Hernandez (1958): January
• Ecology: wet slopes, road cuts
• Mean Temperature Range: ?
• Light: ?
• Medium: ?
• Water: ?

Sources:

• Atwood, J.T. Jr. "The Relationships of the Slipper Orchids (Subfamily Cypripedioideae, Orchidaceae)." Selbyana 7, no. 2/4 (Aug 1984): 129-247.
• Braem, G.J. "Phragmipedium schlimii and Some of Its Hybrids." Orchids 65, no. 2 (Feb 1996): 126-35.
• Hernandez, Mariano Ospina. Orquideas Colombianas - Colombian Orchids. Bogota: Publicaciones Tecnicas Ltda., 1958.
• Hooker, J.D. "Cypripedium Schlimii. Schlim's Lady's-Slipper." Curtis's Botanical Magazine 92 (1866): Tab. 5614. <view article>
• Karasawa, K. "Karyomorphological Studies in Phragmipedium, Orchidaceae." Bulletin of the Hiroshima Botanical Garden 3 (Dec 1980): 1-49.
• Linden, J. "Selenipedium Schlimii." Pescatorea Inst. 9 (1860): 115-16.
• McCook, Lucile M. "Systematics of Phragmipedium (Cypripedioideae; Orchidaceae)," Ph.D. dissertation, Cornell University, 1989.
• McCook, Lucile M. "An Annotated Checklist of the Genus Phragmipedium." Orchid Digest special publication (1998): 1-12.
• Reichenbach fil., H. G. Xenia Orchidacea, Vol. I. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1858. 125-126. <view pages>
• Wimber, D.E. "Phragmipedium Cytology - I - Diploidy and Polyploidy in the Hybrids." American Orchid Society Bulletin 52, no. 9 (Sep 1983): 933-39.

Primary Hybrids

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