Paphinia grandiflora
Read about Paphinia grandiflora in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Paphinia grandiflora, Rodrig. (P. grandis, Reichb. f.). Fls. chocolate-brown, striated on the lower half of the sepals and petals with greenish yellow and cream-color, margins cream; labellum dark purple at the base, with an oblong, cream-colored middle lobe, and a pair of small lobes on each side. Brazil. G.G. III. 14:561.—A curious orchid. Heinrich Hasselbring
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About
The classification of this orchid species was published by João Barbosa Rodrigues in Genera et Species Orchidearum Novarum quas Collecit, Descripsit et Iconibus Illustravit. Sebastianopolis, Two volumes: Vol. 1, 1877; Vol. 2, 1882 (although pages 1-136 may have been published in 1881). Paphinia grandiflora is native to Brazil. Paphinia grandis is a synonymn.