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fma. sukhakulii	fma aureum

Paphiopedilum sukhakulii Schoser & Senghas

• Described: Schoser & Senghas in Die Orchidee, 16: 109-110 (1965)
• Etymology: Named for Prasong Sukhakul, a Thai orchid grower
• Varieties & Forms:
  Paphiopedilum sukhakulii fma. aureum Van Delden ex Gruss in Die Orchidee, Beiheft 6: 15-16 (1999)
• Synonyms:
  Paphiopedilum dixlerianum Braem & Chiron in Richardiana, 1(4): 135-139 (2001)
• Chromosome Count -

  2n =	metacentrics	telocentrics	n.f.
  40	12	28	52

Plant Habit

• Leaves: 3-4, up to 13 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, above mottled dark and yellow-green, below without purple-spotting
• Inflorescence: 1-flowered, purple, finely white-pubescent
• Bloom: 11-15 cm wide
• Plant:
  

Habitat Data

• Distribution -
  
• Elevation: 250-1000 m
• Peak Flowering in the Wild: ?
• Ecology: forest floor, often near streams
• Mean Temperature Range: 17-25°C
• Light: light to moderate shade
• Medium: sandy humus-rich loam mixed with leaf litter
• Water (D-drier, M-moderate, W-wetter) -

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Sources:

• Atwood, J.T. Jr. "The Relationships of the Slipper Orchids (Subfamily Cypripedioideae, Orchidaceae)." Selbyana 7, no. 2/4 (Aug 1984): 129-247.
• 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.
• 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.
• Koopowitz, H., and N. Hasegawa. "Paphiopedlum sukhakulii and Its Hybrid, Paphiopedilum Makuli." American Orchid Society Bulletin 56, no. 3 (Mar 1987): 232-38.

Primary Hybrids

Paph. sukhakulii x	Hybrid
armeniacum	Doll-Star
delenatii	Quasimodo
bellatulum	Evelyn Röllke
concolor	Colorkulii
godefroyae	Francisco Freire
niveum	Nivarose
barbigerum	Grassauer Zwerg
boxallii	Daisy Cohen
charlesworthii	Sue Worth
druryi	Sukhadru
exul	Leslie
fairrieanum	Papa Röhl
gratrixianum	Khosey
helenae	Wössner Goldsuk
henryanum	Graham Robertson
hirsutissimum	Randy Randolph
insigne	Tatonka
spicerianum	Acolyte
tigrinum	Wössner Tigerkuli
villosum	Caraibe
acmodontum	Love Song
appletonianum	Nisqually
argus	Sukar Honi
barbatum	New Era
bullenianum	Quinault
callosum	Montagnard
ciliolare	Memoria Paul Sheldon
curtisii	Oriental Spice
dayanum	Rosemead
hennisianum	Memoria Ada Perry
hookerae	Memoria Gerald Lawless
javanicum	Louis Berdoyes
lawrenceanum	Chiara
mastersianum	Duguesclin
purpuratum	Cotice
sangii	Scarecrow
superbiens	Lemförde Superkuli
tonsum	Tonsuk
urbanianum	Johnny Shaw
venustum	Double Deception
violascens	Helen Milton
virens	Barley Hop
wardii	Saiun
wolterianum	Jerry Buote
adductum	Claremont
glanduliferum	Neeri-Glow
haynaldianum	Hatsuhi
kolopakingii	Wössner Kolosuk
lowii	Roselynn Gray
philippinense	Recovery
rothschildianum	Iantha Stage
sanderianum	Longfellow Serenade
stonei	Marcella Noble
supardii	Wössner Supsuk
wilhelminiae	Lawless Jungle Nights
chamberlainianum	Excalibur
glaucophyllum	Santa Cruz
primulinum	Elizabeth Moore
victoria-mariae	Maluawai
victoria-regina	Marion Pfeiffer

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