Paphiopedilum callosum

In evergreen forests at about 500 m to 1200 m altitude, this terrestrial species - flowering between July and August , can be found all over S.E. Asia.

The solitary flower is about 6 to 8 cm across the penducle erect, 25 to 30 cm, , dark purple and hairy. The dorsal sepal is white with longitudinal reddish-purplish-green stripes. Petals are oblong, falcate, hairy with dark brown spots. The lip is brownish-reddish-purple.

Paphiopedilum callosum

Teile diesen Beitrag:

Quellen

Das Grosse Buch der Zimmerpflanzen. VEMAG Verlags- und Medien Aktiengesellschaft, Köln 1995, ISBN 3-625-10680-9, 1001 Zimmerpflanzen von A - Z. ISBN-10: 1405492090, RHS Die große Pflanzen-Enzyklopädie von A – Z, DK Verlag Dorling Kindersley, ISBN-10: 3831017298, Wikipedia - Orchideen, Zimmerpflanzen von Editha Thomas, ISBN-10: 3730401033, Botanica. Das ABC der Pflanzen. 10.000 Arten in Text und Bild. Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft, 2003, ISBN 3-8331-1600-5