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Paphiopedilum victoria-mariae (Sander ex Masters) Rolfe

• Described: Sander ex Masters in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 13: 580 (1893), discovered by Micholitz, one of Sander's collectors
• Transferred: Rolfe in Orchid Review, 3(35): 364-367 (1896)
• Etymology: Named for Princess Victoria Mary, who was betrothed on May 9, 1893, the same day that Sander exhibited the plant before the RHS.
• Varieties & Forms: none
• Synonyms: none
• Chromosome Count -

  2n =	metacentrics	telocentrics	n.f.
  30	20	10	50

Plant Habit

• Leaves: up to 30 cm long, 6-7 cm wide, ciliate at base, above light green with faint dark green mottling, below purple-spotted at the base
• Inflorescence: several-flowered, opening sequentially, no more than 2 open at a time, up to 100 cm long, purple, pubescent, internodes spaced 1-5 cm apart
• Bloom: 8-9 cm wide
• Plant: usually 1-2 growths in nature

  Lindenia Plate

Habitat Data

• Distribution -
  
• Elevation: 2000-2200 m
• Peak Flowering in the Wild: unclear due to its sequential-flowering habit
• Ecology: andesite lava cliffs
• Mean Temperature Range: 18-20°C
• Light: deep shade
• Medium: acidic, mosses
• Water (D-drier, M-moderate, W-wetter) - plants receive lots of water year-round; from Fowlie 1985: water from seepages and in the mosses surrounding the roots had pH 4.5

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Notes:

• Fowlie (1985) reported inflorescences up to 120 cm long in nature, much longer than those seen in cultivation.

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.
• Fowlie, J.A. "Malaya Revisited. 31. Paphiopedilum victoria-mariae (Sander Ex Masters) Rolfe Refound in Sumatra at High Elevation on Andesite Lava Cliffs." Orchid Digest 49, no. 6 (Nov/Dec 1985): 204-07.
• Hooker, J.D. "Paphiopedilum victoria-mariae. Native of Sumatra." Curtis's Botanical Magazine 124 (1898): Tab. 7573. <view article>
• Jahn, S. "Observations on the Natural Habitat of Paphiopedilum victoria-mariae." Orchid Digest 48, no. 4 (Jul/Aug 1984): 138.
• Karasawa, K., and M. Aoyama. "Karyomorphological Studies on Three Species of Paphiopedilum." Bulletin of the Hiroshima Botanical Garden 3 (Dec 1980): 69-74.

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