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Paphiopedilum praestans, Pfitz. (Cypripedium praestans, Reichb. f. C. glanduliferum. Veitch, not Blume). Leaves strap- shaped, up to 1 ft. long and 2 1/4 in. wide: scape about equaling leaves, black-purple, pubescent, several-flowered; dorsal sepal oblong, acute, about 15-nerved, whitish, purple-lined, yellowish on back, about 2 in. long; petals yellow, about 5 in. long, twisted, cuneate-elliptic and long-attenuate from a narrow base, the undulate margins with hair-bearing warts; lip a little longer than the sepals, shining, yellow suffused red, the sac laterally compressed conic. Aug. New Guinea. L. 3:102. I.H. 34:26. Var. Kimballianum, Hort. (Cypripedium praestans [[variety|var.]] Kimballianum, Hort.). Lines on the sepals broader; petals broader at base, densely red- lined, the warts larger; lip white, rose-suffused. New Guinea. L. 249.
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Paphiopedilum praestans, Pfitz. (Cypripedium praestans, Reichb. f. C. glanduliferum. Veitch, not Blume). Lvs. strap- shaped, up to 1 ft. long and 2 1/4 in. wide: scape about equaling lvs., black-purple, pubescent, several-fld.; dorsal sepal oblong, acute, about 15-nerved, whitish, purple-lined, yellowish on back, about 2 in. long; petals yellow, about 5 in. long, twisted, cuneate-elliptic and long-attenuate from a narrow base, the undulate margins with hair-bearing warts; lip a little longer than the sepals, shining, yellow suffused red, the sac laterally compressed conic. Aug. New Guinea. L. 3:102. I.H. 34:26. Var. Kimballianum, Hort. (Cypripedium praestans var. Kimballianum, Hort.). Lines on the sepals broader; petals broader at base, densely red- lined, the warts larger; lip white, rose-suffused. New Guinea. L. 249.
 
 
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Plant Characteristics
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Origin: ✈ ?
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
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Read about Paphiopedilum praestans in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Paphiopedilum praestans, Pfitz. (Cypripedium praestans, Reichb. f. C. glanduliferum. Veitch, not Blume). Leaves strap- shaped, up to 1 ft. long and 2 1/4 in. wide: scape about equaling leaves, black-purple, pubescent, several-flowered; dorsal sepal oblong, acute, about 15-nerved, whitish, purple-lined, yellowish on back, about 2 in. long; petals yellow, about 5 in. long, twisted, cuneate-elliptic and long-attenuate from a narrow base, the undulate margins with hair-bearing warts; lip a little longer than the sepals, shining, yellow suffused red, the sac laterally compressed conic. Aug. New Guinea. L. 3:102. I.H. 34:26. Var. Kimballianum, Hort. (Cypripedium praestans var. Kimballianum, Hort.). Lines on the sepals broader; petals broader at base, densely red- lined, the warts larger; lip white, rose-suffused. New Guinea. L. 249. CH


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