Paphiopedilum vietnamense


fma. vietnamense	fma. album

Paphiopedilum vietnamense Gruss & Perner

Described: Gruss & Perner in Die Orchidee, 50, Beiheft 5: 3-8 (1999)
Etymology: Named for its country of origin, Vietnam.
Varieties & Forms:
Paphiopedilum vietnamense fma. album - albino form, yet to be officially described
Synonyms:
Paphiopedilum hilmari Sengas & Schettler, in Journal fur den Orchideenfreund, 6(1): 4 (1999)
Paphiopedilum mirabile Cavestro & Chiron in Orchidees. Culture et Protection, No. 38: 31-34 (1999)
Chromosome Count - unknown

Leaves: 3-5, 8-20 cm long, 2.5-7 cm long, above glossy, mottled greyish green and dark green, sometimes with a white margin, below keeled, spotted or flushed with purple, glabrous or sparsely white ciliated along margin at the base
Inflorescence: 1- (rarely 2-) flowered, 15-25 cm long, purple-brown, densely white-pubescent
Bloom: 10-12 cm wide, 8-9 cm tall
Plant:

fma. album

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Distribution -
Elevation: 350-550 m
Peak Flowering in the Wild: March
Ecology: evergreen, wet, closed forests on highly eroded crystalline limestone mountains
Mean Temperature Range: 14-26° C
Light: moderately deep shade
Medium: calcareous, lithophyte

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First collected in 1997 and illegally exported. Many thousands of plants have probably been collected. All specimens of P. vietnamense in international trade have probably originated from a single source. (Averyanov et. al 2003)

Averyanov, L. et al. Slipper Orchids of Vietnam. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2003.
Braem, Guido J., and Guy Chiron. Paphiopedilum. Saint-Genis Laval, France: Tropicalia, 2003.
Cribb, Phillip. "512. Paphiopedilum vietnamense." Curtis's Botanical Magazine 22, no. 1 (2005): 12-18.

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