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Paphiopedilum philippinense var. roebelenii (Reichenbach fil.) Cribb

• Described: Reichenbach fil. in The Gardener's Chronicle, 2nd series, 20: 684 (1883)
• Transferred: Cribb in The Genus Paphiopedilum, 111 (1987)
• Etymology: Named for one of Sander's orchid collectors, Carl Röbelen, who found the first examples.
• Varieties & Forms: none
• Synonyms:
  Cypripedium cannartianum Linden fil. in Lindenia, 3: 93, t. 141 (1888) - clone with a split synsepal:
  
• Chromosome Count - as Paphiopedilum roebelenii

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

Plant Habit

• Leaves: narrower than the typical variety
• Inflorescence: generally more densely-pubescent
• Bloom: more pendant, twisted petals, staminodal shield lacks green markings
  
• Plant:
  

Habitat Data

• Distribution -
  
• Habitat information similar to that of the typical variety

Sources:

• Bechtel, P.G. "Cultural Challenges, Paphiopedilum rothschildianum and Its Hybrids (A Guide to Success with Temperamental Orchids)." Orchid Digest 47, no. 5 (Sep/Oct 1983): 164-65.
• 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.
• Karasawa, K. "Karyomorphological Studies in Paphiopedilum, Orchidaceae." Bulletin of the Hiroshima Botanical Garden 2 (Mar 1979): 1979.

Primary Hybrids - register as P. philippinense

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