Paphiopedilum callosum

"Paphiopedilum callosum (Rchb.f.) Stein in Viet Nam, Thailand, southern Laos PDR, Malaysia and Cambodia. It grows in primary, closed, evergreen, seasonal, broad-leaved forests and sheltered mossy places in the rock cracks at altitudes of 300 to 2000 m."

Paphiopedilum callosum (Rchb.f.) Stein, Orchideenbuch 457 (1892).

Paphiopedilum callosum
Paphiopedilum callosum (Rchb.f.) Stein, Photo by Le Dang Huyen

 
Paphiopedilum callosum (Rchb.f.) Stein

its native range is Indo-China to NW. Peninsula Malaysia.

Latinh Name: 

Paphiopedilum callosum (Rchb.f.) Stein

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Accepted Infraspecifics:

Cordula callosa (Rchb.f.) Rolfe

Cypripedium callosum Rchb.f.Paphiopedilum callosum var. callosum

Synonym:

Paphiopedilum callosum var. potentianum (O.Gruss & Roeth) P.J.Cribb

Paphiopedilum callosum var. sublaeve (Rchb.f.) P.J.Cribb

Paphiopedilum callosum var. warnerianum (T.Moore) Aver.

Vietnamese name:

Vân hài, Hài vân nam. 

English Name:

The Callus Paphiopedilum.

Thailand name:

V'ang Kang Kop[Chang-mai], Maeng phu,ueang khang kop, rongthao nari, rongthao nang, ueang khangkhok

Description: 

With 3 to 5, narrowly elliptic, oblong-elliptic or obovate, mottled dark green with pale green, acute and equally 2 or 3 lobed apically leaves blooming in the spring and early summer on a single flowered (occasionally 2), purple pubescent, erect, to 20 to 40 cm long, terminal inflorescence with ovate to elliptic, acute to subacute floral bracts that are 1/3 the length of the ovaries and carrying 1 to rarely 2, showy flowers.

Distribution:

Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam (Chu Pao, Gia Lai, Đà Nẵng, Lâm Đồng, Phú Quốc).

Ecological:

In primary, closed, evergreen seasonal, broadleafed lowland forests, mixed and coniferous woods and primary highland cloud forests in soils rich in silicates or on granite and sandstone at altitudes of 300 to 2000 m as a medium sized, hot to cool growing, terrestrial or lithophytic orchid.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring and early summer.

Flower size:

10.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Plant should be grown in areas with moderately bright light and intermediate temperatures. Pot in a well drain mix such as medium fir bark and perlite. Water regularly about every four to five days. To induce blooming reduce watering in the spring and winter.

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