Paphiopedilum malipoense


var. malipoense	var. jackii

Paphiopedilum malipoense Chen & Tsi

Described: Chen & Tsi in Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica, 22(2): 119-124 (1984)
Etymology: Named for Malipo, China, near which the herbarium specimen was collected.
Synonyms: none
Varieties & Forms:
Paphiopedilum malipoense fma. concolor Braem, in Braem et al., The Genus Paphiopedilum, 1: 82 (1998) - albino form
Paphiopedilum malipoense var. jackii (Hua, in Die Orchidee, 46(3): Back Cover (1995)) Averyanov, in Orchids, 66(2): 150-155 (1997)
Paphiopedilum malipoense var. jackii fma. virescens Gruss et Roeth in Die Orchidee 52(1): 79 (2001)
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2n = metacentrics telocentrics n.f.

26 26 0 52

Leaves: 4-6, 10-20 cm long, 2.5-7 cm wide, above mottled dark and light green, below keeled, purple-marked
Inflorescence: 1- (rarely 2-) flowered, 30-65 cm long, green with purple-brown spots, white-pubescent
Bloom: 8-13 cm wide, light raspberry fragrance
Plant: stolonous

in bloom top view crown low bud

Distribution -
Elevation: 450-1450 m
Peak Flowering in the Wild: March-April. The flower buds of Paphiopedilum malipoense appear in nature during September and October but then low temperatures stop their development.
Ecology: in deep crevices in wet, closed forests on highly eroded limestone mountains
Mean Temperature Range: 12-25° C
Light: deep shade
Medium: calcareous, soil and leaf litter, pH 6.9-7.5

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The inflorescences are extremely long so that the flowers are raised out of the deep crevices in which the plant grows
The rarity of this plant in flower markets and the high prices it fetches indicates it may be the rarest in the wild of the Chinese paphiopedilums.

Averyanov, L. et al. Slipper Orchids of Vietnam. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2003.
Braem, Guido J., and Guy Chiron. Paphiopedilum. Saint-Genis Laval, France: Tropicalia, 2003.
Cribb, Phillip J. The Genus Paphiopedilum. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia: Natural History Publications in association with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1998.
Gruss, O. "Albino Forms of the Slipper Orchids." Orchid Digest 69, no. 4 (Oct/Dec 2005): 204-29.
Karasawa, K. "Karyomorphological Studies on Nine Species of Paphiopedilum." Bulletin of the Hiroshima Botanical Garden 8 (1986): 23-42.
Tsi ZhanHuo et al. "A Preliminary Report on the Population Size, Ecology, and Conservation Status of Some Paphiopedilum Species (Orchidaceae) in Southwest China." Lindleyana 14, no. 1 (1999): 12-23.

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2n =	metacentrics	telocentrics	n.f.
26	26	0	52


in bloom	top view	crown	low bud