Orchid-Paphiopedilum villosum (x self)
Orchid - Lady slipper
ID#696
Orchid - Evergreen
Zone: 55F - 95F degrees
Date: (2 plants) April, 2012
Location: Glasshouse
My second orchid of this gender.
Native to northeast India, Burma and Thailand. One of the plain leaved species, it has a solitary glossy greenish yellow flowers overlaid with reddish brown. In addition to the lacquered sheen, flowers are unusual in having petals with the upper halves more darkly pigmented than the lower halves.
April 2012
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January 2015