Paphiopedilum bellatulum

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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Features:	✓	flowers

Scientific Names
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Read about Paphiopedilum bellatulum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Paphiopedilum bellatulum, Pfitz. (Cypripedium bellatulum. Reichb. f.). Leaves oblong-elliptic, up to 10 in. long and 3 1/2 in- broad, the upper surface deep green mottled with paler green, the lower surface dull purple: scape shorter than leaves, 1-flowered, purple, pubescent; flowers pale yellow or white, spotted with brown-purple; dorsal sepal orbicular, concave, ciliolate; petals broadly oval: lip with fewer and smaller spots than the sepals and petals. Summer. Shan States, China. Var. album, Rolfe. Flowers white, the leaves not colored beneath. Var. Chotekae, Hort. The larger flowers with larger spots. Var. egregium, Hort. Sepal short, 3-lobed, the spots light purple. Var. luteo-purpureum, Pfitz. Flowers pale yellow, purple-spotted. Other minor varieties are: biflorum, giganteum, grande, grandiflorum, lineatum, Lowii, majus, roseum, superbum. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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