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Orchid Species: Cypripedium elliottianum
Kew currently accepted name is Paphiopedilum rothschildianum
Cypripedium elliottianum is an orchid species identified by O'Brien in 1888. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Paphiopedilum rothschildianum.
Genus
Cypripedium (Cyp.)
Grex
elliottianum
Parents
Species
Author
O'Brien
Year
1888
ORIGIN: Found in northern Borneo on steep slopes and cliff faces with peaty detritus and moss in or near seepages at altitudes of 500 to 1800 meters.
DESCRIPTION: A medium to large sized, clear leafed, multiflowered, warm to cool growing terrestrial, sometimes lithophytic species with very narrowly elliptic or ligulate, suberect leaves blooming in the spring and summer on an erect, terminal, reddish, to 2 1/2' [75 cm] long, pubescent inflorescence with ovate-elliptic floral bracts and carrying 2 to 4, large to very large, showy flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: To 5 inches [to 12.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
DESCRIPTION: A medium to large sized, clear leafed, multiflowered, warm to cool growing terrestrial, sometimes lithophytic species with very narrowly elliptic or ligulate, suberect leaves blooming in the spring and summer on an erect, terminal, reddish, to 2 1/2' [75 cm] long, pubescent inflorescence with ovate-elliptic floral bracts and carrying 2 to 4, large to very large, showy flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: To 5 inches [to 12.5 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 | rothschildianum | 1892 | (Rchb.f.) Stein |
| Add+ | Cypripedium | Cyp | neoguineense | 1888 | Linden |
| Add+ | Cypripedium | Cyp | nicholsonianum | 1893 | auct. |
| Add+ | Paphiopedilum | Paph | elliottianum | 1892 | (O'Brien) Stein |
| Add+ | Cypripedium | Cyp | rothschildianum | 1888 | Rchb.f. |
| Add+ | Cordula | Cordula | rothschildiana | 1912 | (Rchb.f.) Rolfe |
Most awarded/recent cultivars:
Paph. rothschildianum 'Anja'
(4 awards in
2017)
Paph. rothschildianum 'Fasangarten'
(4 awards from
2013
to
2017)
Paph. rothschildianum 'Charles Edwards'
(4 awards from
1965
to
1992)
Paph. rothschildianum 'Blumen Insel'
(3 awards from
1990
to
2015)
Paph. rothschildianum 'Janet'
(3 awards in
1989)
Paph. elliottianum 'Penn Valley'
(3 awards from
1968
to
1980)
Paph. rothschildianum 'Borneo'
(3 awards from
1975
to
1977)
Paph. rothschildianum 'Ellie'
(2 awards from
2016
to
2018)
Paph. rothschildianum 'Deggendorf'
(2 awards from
2017
to
2018)
Paph. rothschildianum 'Popow'
(2 awards from
2016
to
2018)
Paph. rothschildianum 'Paph Paradise Too'
(2 awards in
2017)
Paph. rothschildianum 'Ferdinand'
(2 awards in
2016)
Paph. rothschildianum 'Rosmarie'
(2 awards from
2014
to
2016)
Paph. rothschildianum 'Kilian'
(2 awards from
2014
to
2015)
Paph. rothschildianum 'Juliane'
(2 awards from
2011
to
2013)
Paph. rothschildianum 'Wössner Fire'
(2 awards in
2013)
Paph. rothschildianum 'Tuchenbach-Strub'
(2 awards in
2012)
Paph. rothschildianum 'Fredensborg'
(2 awards in
2012)
Paph. rothschildianum 'New Horizon'
(2 awards from
2006
to
2009)
Paph. rothschildianum 'Sam's Choice'
(2 awards in
2004)
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