Species Information - Paphiopedilum papuanum

Paphiopedilum papuanum (Ridl.) L.O.Williams, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 12 (1946) 149

Type:

Synonyms:

• Cypripedium papuanum Ridl., Gard. Chron. (1915, II) 131
  - Type: Kloss s.n. (Irian Jaya, Mt. Carstenz) (holo BM)
• Paphiopedilum zieckianum Schoser, Orchidee 18 (1967) 4, fig. 1-11
  - Type: Zieck s.n. (Irian Jaya, Arfak Mts.) (holo TUB XIV-II)

Basionym: Cypripedium papuanum

A terrestrial herb. Leaves 4-6, oblong to oblong-elliptic, obtuse at tridenticulate apex, 6.5-22 by 2-4.2 cm. Inflorescence 1-flowered; peduncle 15-28 cm long, pubescent. Floral bract ovate, 1.2-1.5 cm long, pubescent. Flower 6-9 cm across; pedicel and ovary c. 5 cm long. Median sepal ovate, acute, 2.4-2.5 by 1.8-2.6 cm, ciliate, pubescent on outer side. Synsepal elliptic-lanceolate, subacute, 1.6-1.8 by 0.8-1.3 cm. Petals oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse, 4-4.2 by 1.2-1.7 cm, ciliolate. Lip 2.5-3.7 by 1.4 cm. Staminode transversely lunate, notched above, 0.4-0.5 cm long, 0.6 cm wide, apical teeth short, blunt. (After Cribb, 1998)

Note: Similar to Paphiopedilum violascens, from which it differs in the blackish dots at the base of the petals and in the relatively much broader staminode.

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