Paphiopedilum ciliolare (Rchb. f.) Stein 1892 SUBGENUS Paphiopedilum SECTION Barbata
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Common Name The Short Haired Paphiopedilum [refers to the hairs found in the pouch]
Flower Size to 3" [to 7.5 cm]
This orchid is found in the Philippines at elevations of 300 to 1830 meters as a small sized, cool to hot growing terrestrial with narrowly oblong or elliptic-oblong, obtuse, tesselated dark and pale green leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on an erect, pubescent, to about 10" [25 cm] long, terminal, single flowered inflorescence with an ovate bract covering 1/4 of the ovary.
Synonyms Cordula ciliolaris Rolfe 1912; *Cypripedium ciliolare Rchb. f.?; Cypripedium ciliolare var. miteauanum Linden 1888; Cypripedium miteauanum Linden & Rodigas 1887; Paphiopedilum ciliolare (Rchb. f.) Pfitzer 1895; Paphiopedilum ciliolare var. miteauanum (Linden) Pfitzer 1903; Paphiopedilum superbiens subsp. ciliolare (Rchb.f.) M.W.Wood 1981
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Fascile 2 Ames 1908; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Cypripedium ciliolare drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Orchid Digest Vol 36 No 2 1972 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 37 No 4 1973 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 2 1981 photo fide; The Complete Writings on Philippine Orchids Vol 1 Quisumbing 1981; The Complete Writings on Philippine Orchids Vol 2 Quisumbing 1981 photo fide; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 3 1992 photo fide; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 59 No 3 1995 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 photo fide; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; Orchid Digest Vol 73 #1 2009 drawing fide; Orchid Digest Vol 76 #4 2012 photo fide;
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