Paph. malipoense 'Grant's Chasus' photo by Craig J. Plahn, D.D.S.

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Orchid Species: Paphiopedilum malipoense

(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)

Paphiopedilum malipoense is an orchid species identified by S.C.Chen & Z.H.Tsi in 1984.
Genus
Paphiopedilum (Paph.)
Grex
malipoense
(name currently accepted by Kew)
Parents
Species
Author
S.C.Chen & Z.H.Tsi
Year
1984
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ORIGIN: This lithophyte from southern China and Vietnam, is found in leaf litter on limestone rocks in mixed semi-decidous to open deciduous, broad leafed mountainous cloud forests, or on steep limestone cliffs or at the summits of limestone mountains with mosses and ferns at elevations of 450 to 1450 meters in partial shade.

DESCRIPTION: Small sized, warm to cool growing orchid with 4 to 6, distichous, coriaceous, oblong or narrowly elliptic, acute to obtuse at the asymetric apex, dark and light green mottled dark green, heavily purple spotted and keeled beneath leaves that blooms in the spring on a single [rarely 2] flowered, green spotted with purple, white hirsute, 12 to 20 [30 to 50 cm] long, inflorescence arising from a narrowly ovate-lanceolate floral bract carrying a large flower with a nice [apple-raspberry] scent.

FLOWER SIZE: 3 to 4 inches [7.5 to 10 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 angustatum 2000 Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Paph. malipoense 'Fredensborg' (2 awards from 2012 to 2014) Paph. malipoense 'Deggendorf' (2 awards in 2013) Paph. malipoense 'Ho' (2 awards in 2008) Paph. malipoense 'Two Flowers' (2 awards from 2006 to 2008) Paph. malipoense 'Silmaril' (2 awards in 1994) Paph. malipoense 'Expansive' (2 awards in 1992) Paph. malipoense 'Dove' (2 awards in 1991) Paph. malipoense 'Los Osos' (2 awards from 1986 to 1990) Paph. malipoense 'Teal' (2 awards in 1988) Paph. malipoense 'Jolly Green Giant' (2 awards in 1987) Paph. malipoense 'Haley Suzanne' (2019) Paph. malipoense 'Grünstein' (2018) Paph. malipoense 'Rose' (2018) Paph. malipoense 'E.T.' (2018) Paph. malipoense 'Julian' (2018) Paph. malipoense 'Nürnberg' (2018) Paph. malipoense 'Green Star' (2018) Paph. malipoense 'Victoria' (2017) Paph. malipoense 'Schanz' (2017) Paph. malipoense 'Windy Hill' (2016)
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