Paphiopedilum niveum
| Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
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| Origin: | ✈ | ? |
| Exposure: | ☼ | ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property. |
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| Water: | ◍ | ?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property. |
| Features: | ✓ | flowers |
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Read about Paphiopedilum niveum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Paphiopedilum niveum, Pfitz. (Cypripedium niveum, Reichb. f.). Leaves up to 6 in. long and 1 1/2 in. broad, dull dark green above, spotted gray-green, lurid purple beneath: scape equaling or longer than leaves, 1- or 2-flowered; flowers white; sepals and petals ciliolate; dorsal sepal orbicular, concave, reddish purple on the back; purple-dotted in front toward the base; petals broadly oblong or nearly orbicular, a little deflexed; lip shorter than sepals and petals. Spring. Loncavi and Tambilan Islands. Var. album, Pfitz. Flowers pure white. Var. punctatum, Pfitz. Base of petals densely violet-dotted. Var. reticulatum, Pfitz. Petals purple-reticulated at the apex, the nerves purple- spotted. Other minor varieties are: punctatissimum, Requieri, roseum. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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