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Orchid Species: Cordula lowii
Kew currently accepted name is Paphiopedilum lowii
Cordula lowii is an orchid species identified by (Lindl.) Rolfe in 1912. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Paphiopedilum lowii.
Genus
Cordula (Cordula.)
Grex
lowii
Parents
Species
Author
(Lindl.) Rolfe
Year
1912
ORIGIN: Occurs in Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi and Borneo within lowland forests on humus-filled hollows of limestone rocks and boulders in leaf detritus, terrestrial in grasslands with scrub or rarely lithophytic species at altitudes of 200 to 1700 meters.
DESCRIPTION: This medium sized, hot to cool growing, multiflowered lithophyte has 4 to 6, linear to narrowly elliptic, fleshy, clear dark green leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on a terminal, erect to arching, 25 to 40 [62 to 100 cm] long, nodding, green mottled purple, pubescent inflorescence with elliptic, yellow marked with purple, pubescent floral bracts that are 1/3 the length of the ovaries carrying 2 to 7 successive opening flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: 3 to 5 3/4 inch [7.5 to 14 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
DESCRIPTION: This medium sized, hot to cool growing, multiflowered lithophyte has 4 to 6, linear to narrowly elliptic, fleshy, clear dark green leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on a terminal, erect to arching, 25 to 40 [62 to 100 cm] long, nodding, green mottled purple, pubescent inflorescence with elliptic, yellow marked with purple, pubescent floral bracts that are 1/3 the length of the ovaries carrying 2 to 7 successive opening flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: 3 to 5 3/4 inch [7.5 to 14 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
| Genus Name | Genus | Grex Name | Year | Author | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add+ | Paphiopedilum | Paph | lowii | 1892 | (Lindl.) Stein |
| Add+ | Cypripedium | Cyp | lowii | 1847 | Lindl. |
| Add+ | Cypripedium | Cyp | cruciforme | 1854 | Zoll. & Moritzi in W.H.De Vriese |
| Add+ | Paphiopedilum | Paph | lowii h.f. semialbum | ||
| Add+ | Paphiopedilum | Paph | lynniae | 1996 | Garay |
Most awarded/recent cultivars:
Paph. lowii 'Anja'
(10 awards from
2010
to
2015)
Paph. lowii 'Fredensborg'
(4 awards from
2010
to
2015)
Paph. lowii 'Baronja'
(3 awards from
2014
to
2018)
Paph. lowii 'Beverley'
(3 awards in
1990)
Paph. lowii 'Aileen Garrison'
(2 awards in
2019)
Paph. lowii var. lynniae 'Anja'
(2 awards from
2013
to
2015)
Paph. lowii 'Uncle Frank'
(2 awards in
2012)
Paph. lowii 'Deggendorf'
(2 awards from
2010
to
2012)
Paph. lowii 'Krull-Smith'
(2 awards from
2001
to
2009)
Paph. lowii 'Frank's A-doribil Gift'
(2 awards from
2007
to
2009)
Paph. lowii 'Uschi'
(2 awards in
2008)
Paph. lowii 'Dragonfly'
(2 awards from
1980
to
2008)
Paph. lowii 'Jamboree Violet'
(2 awards in
2007)
Paph. lowii 'Mustafa'
(2 awards in
1995)
Paph. lowii 'Jamboree Gem'
(2 awards in
1992)
Paph. lowii 'Flyer'
(2 awards from
1987
to
1990)
Paph. lowii 'Exotic Dancer'
(2 awards from
1988
to
1989)
Paph. lowii 'Xlnt'
(2 awards from
1975
to
1976)
Paph. lowii 'Cleveland's'
(2019)
Paph. lowii 'Karen'
(2018)
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