Paphiopedilum venustum

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Paphiopedilum venustum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Paphiopedilum venustum, Pfitz. (Cypripedium venustum, Wall.). Leaves up to 6 in. long and 1 1/2 in. wide, above dark green blotched with pale grayish green, beneath strongly violet-mottled: scape about as long as leaves, 1-flowered, purple, pubescent; flowers about 3 in. greatest diameter; dorsal sepal broadly ovate, acute, white, veined green; petals somewhat spatulate, spreading, ciliate, longer than sepals, barbed at base, the basal part green with blackish warts, the upper portion brownish dull purple; lip pale yellowish green, rose-tinged, reticulated with green, the infolded lobes yellow. Jan.-March. N. India. B.M. 2129. B.R. 788. Var. Measuresianum, Pfitz. Flowers white and green, without the brown or red tinge. Var. pardinum, Pfitz. (Cypripedium pardinum, Reichb. f. P. pardinum, Pfitz.). Warts extending over whole upper surface of the petals which are yellow, suffused with copper-color; inflexed lobes of lip with large conic warts. F.M. 51. Var. spectabile, Pfitz. Scape shorter than in the type, the petals strongly colored with mahogany at the apex, the middle area brownish, irregularly black-spotted, the lip large, bronzy green, reticulated with clear green. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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