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Phragmipedium caudatum var. wallisii (Reichenbach fil.) Pfitzer

• Described: Reichenbach fil. in Xenia Orchidacea, 2: 189 (1873)
• Transferred: Pfitzer in Engler's Das Pflanzenreich IV, Heft 12: 53 (1903)
• Etymology: Named for Gustav Wallis, a prominent German botanical explorer and orchid collector who first collected the species in Ecuador.
• Varieties & Forms: none
• Synonyms: none
• Chromosome Count:

  2n =	metacentrics	telocentrics	n.f.
  28	8	20	36

Plant Habit

• Leaves: 30-50 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, medium green with paler green margins, coriacious
• Inflorescence: 3-4 flowered, up to 50 cm long, velutinous
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Habitat Data

• Distribution -
  
• Elevation: 800-1400 m
• Peak Flowering in the Wild: ?
• Ecology: epiphyte or terrestrial in wet forests
• Mean Temperature Range: 19-21°C
• Light: moderate shade
• Medium: ?
• Water: constant moisture

Sources:

• Garay, L.A. 225 (1). Orchidaceae: Cypripedioideae, Orchidoideae, Neottioideae. Flora of Ecuador, vol. 9, 1978.
• Karasawa, K. "Karyomorphological Studies in Phragmipedium, Orchidaceae." Bulletin of the Hiroshima Botanical Garden 3 (Dec 1980): 1-49.
• Linden, J.J. "Cypripedium (Selenipedium) Wallisii." Lindenia: Iconography of Orchids 3 (1887): Plate 131.
• Linden, C.L. "Selenipedium Caudatum var. Wallisi subvar. Vanderstraeteniae." Lindenia: Iconography of Orchids 12 (1896): Plate 537.
• McCook, Lucile M. "Systematics of Phragmipedium (Cypripedioideae; Orchidaceae)," Ph.D. dissertation, Cornell University, 1989.

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