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Paphiopedilum kolopakingii Fowlie

• Described: Fowlie in Orchid Digest, 48(1): 41 (1984) - Described based on plants found by a commercial collector in central Kalimantan.
• Etymology: Named after A. Kolopaking, owner of Simanis Orchids in East Java, Indonesia, who first flowered the plants in cultivation.
• Varieties & Forms: none
• Synonyms:
  Paphiopedilum topperi Braem & Mohr in Schlechteriana, fascicle 2: 15-22
• Chromosome Count -

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

Plant Habit

• Leaves: 8-10, 20-80 cm long, 5-12 cm wide, stand suberect, dark green
• Inflorescence: 5-19 flowered, 40-100 cm long, green, glabrous
• Bloom: 8-17 cm wide
  
• Plant: one of the largest in the genus
  

Habitat Data

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• Elevation: 600-1000 m
• Peak Flowering in the Wild: ?
• Ecology: found on rocky cliffs above gorges
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• Medium: leaf litter in rock crevices
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Notes:

• From Cribb 1997: "Paphiopedilum kolopakingii is still rather rare in cultivation and all plants probably originate from the Simanis nursery. However, its floriferous nature should ensure that it becomes a popular parent in hybridising. No other species produces so many flowers opening at the same time."
• The habitat data available on this species is extremely limited and water, light and temperature ranges are unclear.

Sources:

• Braem, Guido J., and Guy Chiron. Paphiopedilum. Saint-Genis Laval, France: Tropicalia, 2003.
• Cribb, Phillip J. Slipper Orchids of Borneo. Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia: Natural History Publications, 1997.
• Cribb, Phillip J. The Genus Paphiopedilum. Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia: Natural History Publications in association with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1998.
• Fowlie, J.A. "A New Species of Paphiopedilum from Central Kalimantan, Paphiopedilum kolopakingii Fowl., Sp. Nov." Orchid Digest 48, no. 1 (Jan/Feb 1984): 41-42.
• Gruss, O. "Albino Forms of the Slipper Orchids." Orchid Digest 69, no. 4 (Oct/Dec 2005): 204-29.
• Karasawa, K., M. Aoyama, and T. Kamimura. Annals of the Tsukuba Botanical Garden 16 (1997): 29-39.

Primary Hybrids

Paph. kolopakingii x	Hybrid
armeniacum	Wössner Kolarmi
delenatii	Doctor Toot
emersonii	Mocassins
malipoense	Howard Frank
micranthum	Wössner Kolomic
bellatulum	Kim Rainbow De
concolor	Conkoloco
godefroyae	Wössner Kologod
niveum	Wössner Koloniv
boxallii	Lawless Tannhaüser
spicerianum	Frau Yamagata
barbatum	Wössner Kolobarb
bullenianum	Lawless Rienzi
dayanum	Lawless Fidelio
hennisianum	Wössner Kolohennis
lawrenceanum	Wössner Kololaw
mastersianum	Lawless Jungle Fever
sukhakulii	Wössner Kolosuk
superbiens	Loki Booth
adductum	Duke of Earl
glanduliferum	Poulsbo
haynaldianum	Puppentanz
lowii	Alex's Spots
parishii	Koloparish
philippinense	Temptation
rothschildianum	Bel Royal
sanderianum	Kolosand
stonei	Memoria Albert Eickhoff
supardii	Memoria Henryk Muszner
wilhelminiae	Hayabusa
chamberlainianum	Florento
glaucophyllum	Lawless Tristan
liemianum	Sabine Krauss
primulinum	Jürgen Röth
victoria-mariae	Marylin Hart Reed

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