Paphiopedilum Spicerianum

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Paphiopedilum Spicerianum, Pfitz. (Cypripedium Spicerianum, Reichb. f.). Leaves up to 1 ft. long, and 2 in. broad, broadly linear-lanceolate, pale beneath: scape about as long as leaves, glabrous, black-purple, 1-flowered; flowers about 3 in. greatest diameter; dorsal sepal transversely elliptic when spread out, about 1 1/2 in. long, deeply sulcate, the margins strongly retroflexed, giving the sepal the appearance of a spathe, white, a crimson-purple band down the center, and a large green basal blotch speckled with red; petals a little longer than sepal, spreading, deflexed, somewhat falcate, oblong, strongly undulate at margin, pilose at base on inner surface, green, dotted and suffused with brown; lip longer than sepal, the claw green, the pouch violet, pale-green-margined. Oct.- Dec. Assam. B.M. 6490. I.H. 30:473. Gn. 48, p. 304. A.G. 11:159. A.F. 3:226. Gng. 1:242. F.E. 9:329. G.W. 14, p. 73. ;J.H. III. 44:27.—Quite variable. Among others, are the following varieties :Var. alboviride, Pfitz. Differs in absence of median color of the dorsal sepal. Var. grandiflorum, Hort. Flowers larger than usual. Var. leodiense, Pfitz. Dorsal sepal for upper three- fourths pure white, with tender green at base, the petals green at the very undulate margins, with the center brownish green, tie lip bronzy green. Var. magnificum, Pfitz. Lower sepal pure white. Var. Mercatellianum, Pfitz. Flowers yellowish white marked with purple, green absent. Var. nanum, Pfitz. Dorsal sepal without green basal spot. Var. nigrescens, Pfitz. Flowers smaller, lip blackish brown. Var. rubescens, Pfitz. Dorsal sepal pure white on back, strongly tinted with violet- red on face and marked down the center with a purple band, the petals bronzy green, marked with brown dots. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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