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Paphiopedilum glanduliferum

Paphiopedilum glanduliferum (Blume) Stein, Orchideenbuch (1892) 468

Synonyms:

Cypripedium glanduliferum Blume, Rumphia 4 (1849) 56, pl. 195, fig. 2, pl. 198A
- Type: Zippel s.n. (New Guinea, Irian Jaya) (holo L; iso L)
Cypripedium gardineri Guillemard, Cruise of the Marchesa 2 (1886) 309
- Type: Cruise of the Marchesa ed. 2 (1889) fig.
Paphiopedilum gardineri (Guillemard) Pfitzer, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19 (1894) 41
Cordula praestans (Rchb.f.) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 20 (1912) 2
Cypripedium praestans Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. (1886, II) 776; (1887, II) 242
- Type: Horticulture Internationale cult. (Kimball) s.n. (1890) (New Guinea) (holo W)
Paphiopedilum glanduliferum (Blume) Stein var. praestans (Rchb.f.) Braem, Genus Paphiopedilum (1988) 69
Paphiopedilum praestans (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19 (1894) 41
Paphiopedilum glanduliferum (Blume) Stein var. kimballianum (Linden & Rodigas) Fowlie, Orchid Digest 55 (1991) 182, 187
Paphiopedilum praestans (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer var. kimballianum (Linden & Rodigas) Pfitzer in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV. 50 (1903) 61
Cypripedium praestans Rchb.f. var. kimballianum Linden & Rodigas, Lindenia 6 (1890) 21, t. 249
Paphiopedilum glanduliferum (Blume) Stein var. gardineri Braem, Genus Paphiopedilum (1988) 69 (without type)

Basionym: Cypripedium glanduliferum

Terrestrial or rarely epiphytic herb with clustered growth. Leaves 4-6, linear-oblong, obtuse and tridenticulate at apex, up to 40 by 3-5.5 cm, sparsely ciliate on basal margins, green, glabrous. Inflorescence 2-5-flowered; peduncle 30-50 cm long, purple to greenish brown, shortly pubescent. Floral bracts ovate, acute, to 4.5 cm long, glabrous, pale yellow-green with purple stripes. Flowers large, 12-16 cm across. Pedicel and ovary 5-7 cm long, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Median sepal ovate, acuminate. 4.9-5.5 cm long, 2.5-2.9 cm wide. Synsepal similar, 5.3-5.5 cm long, 2.8-2.9 cm wide. Petals deflexed, linear-tapering, 9-10 cm long, 1 cm wide, papillose in apical part, sparsely ciliate on basal margins, usually helically twisted (usually with around 5 'twists'). Lip subporrect, 5-5.5 cm long, 1.8-1.9 cm wide, with narrow, acute, incurved side-lobes. Staminode convex, oblong to subquadrate, obtuse to retuse, 1.7 cm long, 1.2 cm wide, with hirsute sides. (After Cribb, 1998)

Colours:

Leaves green. Sepals and petals straw yellow with maroon veins, petals with maroon warts on basal margins, lip yellow, veined and more or less flushed (brownish) purple.

Habitat:

Terrestrial on limestone cliffs, usually close to the sea, also epiphytic; 0 to 200 m.

Distribution:

Malesia (New Guinea).

Distribution New Guinea:

Papua (Indonesia). See map

Cultivation:

Warm growing terrestrial, requires light position.

Flowering time in the wild:

February, June.

References:

Smith, J.J., Nova Guinea 12, 1 (1913) 2, t. 1, fig. 1, as Paphiopedilum praestans (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer
Wood, M.W., Curtis's Bot. Mag. 181 (1977) t. 743, as Paphiopedilum praestans (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer
Reeve, T.M., Orchadian 6 (1980) 152, fig., as Paphiopedilum praestans (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer

Classification:

Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Cypripedioideae
Tribe Undetermined
Subtribe Not used
Genus Paphiopedilum
Subgenus Paphiopedilum
Section Coryopedilum
Species Paphiopedilum glanduliferum