Paphiopedilum Descriptions and Transfers

Original source examined
Braem, G., Chiron, G. Paphiopedilum. Tropicalia: France 2003. Pp. 19-33.
Braem, Guido J., Charles O. Baker, and Margaret L. Baker. The Genus Paphiopedilum, Natural History and Cultivation, Volume 1. Kissimmee, FL: Botanical Publishers, 1998.
Gruss, O. "Albino Forms of the Slipper Orchids." Orchid Digest 69, no. 4 (Oct/Dec 2005): 204-29.

Subgenus Species - Current Status var. / fma. - Current Status Original Description Transferred To Current Status Notes
Parvisepalum P. armeniacum   S. C. Chen & Liu in Acta Botanica Yunnanica, 4(2): 163 (1982)  
fma. markii Gruss in Die Orchidee, 48(5): 215-216 (1997) Braem et. al. in The Genus Paphiopedilum, 1:69 (1998) albino form
P. delenatii   Guillaumin in Bulletin de la Societe Botanique de France, 71: 554, 558 (1924); and in Journal de la Societe Nationale d'Horticulture de France, 4th series, 26: 127 (1924)  
fma. albinum Braem in Braem et al., The Genus Paphiopedilum, 1: 23 (1998)   albino form, name incorrectly listed in Braem as fma. albidum
P. emersonii   Koopowitz & Cribb in Orchid Advocate, 12(3): 84-86 (1986)  
fma. album Gruss & Petchleung in Die Orchidee, 53(2): 220 (2002) albino form, white petals and sepals, yellow staminode and lip
fma. luteum Braem in Australian Orchid Review, 66(1): 6 (2001) albino form, pure yellow flowers
P. hangianum   Perner & Gruss in Die Orchidee, 50, Beiheft 6: 3-7 (1999)  
fma. album Gruss & Petchleung in Die Orchidee, 53(3): 383-385 (2002)   albino form
P. malipoense   Chen & Tsi in Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica, 22(2): 119-124 (1984)  
var. hiepii Averyanov in Orchids, 67(3): 260-263 (1998) Cribb in The Genus Paphiopedilum, 88 (1998)
var. jackii Hua in Die Orchidee, 46(3): Back Cover (1995) Averyanov in Orchids, 66(2): 150-155 (1997)
fma. concolor Braem in Braem et al., The Genus Paphiopedilum, 1: 82 (1998)   albino form, incorrectly listed in Gruss as p. 69
var. jackii fma. virescens Gruss et Roeth in Die Orchidee 52(1): 79 (2001) albino form
P. micranthum   Tang & Wang in Acta Phytotaxinomica Sinica, 1: 56 ([1951] 1952)  
fma. glanzeanum Gruss et Roeth in Die Orchidee, Beiheft 2: 16-24 (1994) Gruss et Roeth in Caesiana 12: 60 (1999) albino form
P. vietnamense  Gruss & Perner in Die Orchidee, 50, Beiheft 5: 3-8 (1999)  
 
Brachypetalum P. bellatulum   Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 3: 648 (1888) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 456 (1892)
fma. album O'Brien in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 17: 748 (1895) Braem in Braem et al., The Genus Paphiopedilum, 1: 91 (1998) albino form, transfer incorrectly listed in Gruss as p. 69
P. concolor   Bateman in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 91, t. 5513 (1865) Pfitzer in Engler & Prantl, Die naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien, II, (6): 84 (1888)
fma. album Braem in Paphiopedilum, 51 (1988) Braem in Braem et al., The Genus Paphiopedilum, 1: 101 (1998) albino form
fma. sulphurinum Gruss in Die Orchidee 52(5): 575 (2001) Gruss in Die Orchidee 52(5): 575 (2001) albino form
P. godefroyae   Godefroy-Lebeuf in L'Orchidophile, 830 (1883) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 468 (1892)
fma. leucochilum Rolfe in Orchid Review, 2: 145-146 (May 1894) Braem & Chiron in Paphiopedilum, 104 (2003) color form
fma. album Gruss in Caesiana 18: 31 (2001) albino form
P. niveum   Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 1st series, 29(40): 1038 (1869) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 478 (1892)
fma. album Ballif in Lindenia 3: sub t. 142 (1887) Gruss in Caesiana, No.14: 57-65 (1999) albino form
P. wenshanense   Liu, Zhang, Xu, & Ma in Acta Phytotaxinomica Sinica, 22(4): 390-394  
fma. album Gruss & Petchleung in Die Orchidee 53(3): 383 (2002)   albino form
 
Paphiopedilum P. barbigerum   Tang & Wang in Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology, Piping, 10: 24 (1940)    
fma. aureum Hua in Orchids, 68(3): 242-243 (1999) Braem, Baker & Baker in The Genus Paphiopedilum, 2: 217 (1998) albino form
fma. aureum Hua in Orchids, 68(3): 242-243 (1999) Gruss et Roeth in Caesiana 12: 59 (1999) albino form
P. boxallii Reichenbach fil. in the Gardener's Chronicle, 2nd series, 7: 367 (1877) Pfitzer in Engler & Prantl, Die naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien, II, (6): 83 (1888)  
P. charlesworthii   Rolfe in Orchid Review, 1(10): 303 (1893) Pfitzer in Engler, Botanische Jahrbucher, 19: 40 (1894)
fma. sandowiae Braem in Orchidees. Culture et Protection, No. 36: 35-38 (1998)   albino form
P. druryi Beddome in Icones Plantarum Indiae orientalis; or plates and descriptions of new and rare plants, from Southern India and Ceylon, 23, t. 112 (1874) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 470 (1892)
P. esquirolei   Schlechter in Fedde, Repertorium specierum novarum regni vegetabilis, Beihefte, 4: 39-40 (1919)  
fma. viride Gruss & Roeth in Caesiana, No. 12: 57-65 (1999) Braem & Chiron in Paphiopedilum, 180 (2003) albino form
var. chiwuanum Tang & Wang in Acta Phytotaxinomica Sinica, 1(1): 56 (1951) Braem & Chiron in Paphiopedilum, 181 (2003) color form
P. exul Ridley in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 10: 94 (1891) Kerchove in Le Livre des Orchidees, 478 (1894)
P. fairrieanum   Lindley in Gardener's Chronicle, 1st. series, 17:740 (1857) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 467 (1892)
fma. bohlmannianum Matho in Orchideenbrief, I/42, (July 1942) Braem in Orchidees. Culture et Protection, No. 36: 35-38 (1998) albino form
fma. bohlmannianum Matho in Die Orchidee, 33: 17 (1942) Braem in Orchidees. Culture et Protection, No. 36: 35-38 (1998) albino form
P. gratrixianum Masters (non Williams) in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 37: 76-77, fig. 35 (1905) Guillaumin in Bulletin de la Societe Botanique de France, 4th series, 24: 548-558 (1924)
P. helenae   Averyanov in Botanical Journal (St. Petersburg, Russia), 81(9): 108 (1996)  
fma. aureum Gruss & Roeth in Caesiana, No. 12: 57-65 (1999)   albino form
fma. aureum Gruss & Roeth in Die Orchidee 50: 2-3 (1999)   albino form
P. henryanum   Braem in Schlechteriana, Fascicle 1: 3-6 (3 September, 1987)  
fma. album Gruss in Caesiana 18: 41 (2002)   albino form
fma. christae Braem in Schlechteriana, 2(4): 157-162 (1991) Braem in Braem et al., The Genus Paphiopedilum, 2: 206 (1999) color form
P. herrmannii Fuchs & Reisinger in Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 27(2): 1213-1215 (1995)  
P. hirsutissimum   Lindley ex Hooker in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 83 t. 4990 (1857) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 470 (1892)
var. esquirolei Schlechter in Fedde, Repertorium specierum novarum regni vegetabilis, Beihefte, 4: 39-40 (1919) Karasawa & Saito in Bulletin of the Hiroshima Botanical Garden, No. 5: 1-69 (1982)
var. esquirolei fma. viride Gruss & Roeth in Caesiana, No. 12: 57-65 (1999)   albino form
var. chiwuanum Tang & Wang in Acta Phytotaxinomica Sinica, 1(1): 56 (1951) Cribb in The Genus Paphiopedilum, 140 (1987)
P. insigne   Wallich ex Lindley in Collectanea Botanica, t. 32 (1822) Pfitzer in Morphologische Studien uber die Orchideenbluthe, 11 (1886)
fma. sanderae Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 4(103): 692-693 (1888) Braem in Braem et al., The Genus Paphiopedilum, 2: 233 (1999) near-albino form
fma. sanderae Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 4(103): 692-693 (1888) Gruss et Roeth in Caesiana 12: 62 (1999) near-albino form
fma. sanderianum Rolfe in Orchid Review, 1(5): 145 (1893) Braem in Braem et al., The Genus Paphiopedilum, 2: 233 (1999) albino form
fma. sanderianum hort. in Orchid Review, 1(5): 145 (1893) Gruss et Roeth in Caesiana 12: 62 (1999) albino form
P. markianum Fowlie in Orchid Digest, 54(3): 124-127 (1990), published by excerpt on May 24th 1990  
P. spicerianum   Masters & T. Moore in Gardener's Chronicle, 2nd series, 12:505 (1879) Pfitzer in Pringsheim, Jahrbcher fur wissenschaftliche Botanik, 19:164 (1888)
fma. immaculatum Braem in Braem et al., The Genus Paphiopedilum, 2: 270 (1999)   albino form
P. tigrinum   Koopowitz & Hasegawa in Orchid Advocate, 16(3): 76-79 (1990)  
fma. smaragdinum Z.J. Liu & S.C. Chen in Journal of Wuhan Botanical Research 21(6): 489 (2003) Gruss in Die Orchidee 56(1): 71 (2005) albino form
P. tranlienianum   Gruss & Perner in Caesiana, 7(11): 63-73 (1998)  
fma. alboviride Gruss in Die Orchidee, 56(2): 70 (2005)   albino form
P. villosum   Lindley in Gardener's Chronicle, 1st. series, 14:135 (1854) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 490 (1892)
fma. annamense Rolfe in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 133, t. 8126 (1907) Braem in Braem et al., The Genus Paphiopedilum, 2: 245 (1999) color form
fma. aureum Braem in Orchidees. Culture et Protection, No. 36: 35-38 (1998)   albino form
 
Sigmatopetalum P. acmodontum M. W. Wood in Orchid Review, 84(1001): 350-353 (1976)  
P. appletonianum   Gower in The Garden, 1: 95 (1893) Rolfe in Orchid Review, 4: 364 (1896)
fma. album hort. Ex Asher in Orchid Digest, 44: 227 (1980) Gruss in Die Orchidee 51(6): 746 (2000) albino form
fma. immaculatum Braem in Orchidees. Culture et Protection, No. 36: 35-38 (1998)   albino form
var. poyntzianum O'Brien in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 15: 36 (1894) and Orchid Review, 2: 54 (1894) Pfitzer in Engler, Das Pflanzenreich, IV (50) Heft 12: 79 (1903)
var. hainanense Fowlie in Orchid Digest, 51(2): 69-70 (1987) Braem, Baker & Baker in The Genus Paphiopedilum, 2: 295 (1999)
P. argus Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 1st series, 33:608 (1873) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 453 (1892)
P. barbatum Blume in Catalogus, 98 (1823) Pfitzer in Pringsheim, Jahrbcher fur wissenschaftliche Botanik, 19:163 (1888)
P. bouganvilleanum Stiles & Fowlie in Orchid Digest, 35(4): 119-122 (1971)  
P. braemii H. Mohr in Orchideen, 51(6): 175-176 (1989)  
P. bullenianum   Reichenbach fil. in Botanische Zeitung, 23: 99 (1865) Pfitzer in Engler, Botanische Jahrbucher, 19: 40 (1894)
var. celebesense Fowlie & Birk in Orchid Digest, 44(1): 23-30 (1980) Cribb in The Genus Paphiopedilum, 167 (1987)
var. johorense Fowlie & Yap in Orchid Digest, 36(2): 72 (1972) Braem, Baker & Baker in The Genus Paphiopedilum, 2: 302 (1999)
P. callosum   Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 2nd series, 26: 326 (1886) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 457 (1892)
var. sublaeve Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 3: 331 (1888) ?
var. potentianum Gruss & Roeth in Caesiana, No. 5: 39 (1995) ?
fma. viniferum Koopowitz and Hasegawa in Orchid Digest, 64(4): 148-151 (2000) ? vinicolor form
fma. viridiflorum hort. In J. Des Orchidees 15 (1893) Gruss et Roeth in Caesiana 12: 60 (1999) albino form
P. cerveranum   Braem in Orchidees. Culture et Protection, No. 38: 28-30 (1999)  
fma. viride Braem in Braem et al., The Genus Paphiopedilum, 2: 309 (1999) Braem in Braem et al, The Genus Paphiopedilum, 2: 309 (1999) albino form
fma. viride Braem in Braem et al., The Genus Paphiopedilum, 2: 309 (1999) Braem in Orchidees - Culture et Protection 38(2): 29 (1999) albino form
P. ciliolare Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 2nd series, 18: 488 (1882) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 462 (1892)
P. crossii   Morren in La Belgique Horticole, 15: 226, t. 17 (1865) and in La Belgique Horticole, 33: 96-98, t. 7 (1883) Braem & Senghas in Sida, 19(2): 249-255 (2000)
var. sublaeve Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 3: 331 (1888) Braem & Senghas in Sida, 19(2): 249-255 (2000)
var. potentianum Gruss & Roeth in Caesiana, No. 5: 39 (1995) Braem & Senghas in Sida, 19(2): 249-255 (2000)
fma. viniferum Koopowitz and Hasegawa in Orchid Digest, 64(4): 148-151 (2000) Braem & Chiron in Paphiopedilum, 261 (2003) vinicolor form
fma. viridiflorum hort. ex Linden in Le Journal des Orchidees, 4: 48-51 (1893) Braem & Chiron in Paphiopedilum, 262 (2003) albino form
P. curtisii   Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 2nd series, 20: 8 (1883) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 464 (1892)
fma. sanderae Curtis in Gardeners' Magazine, new series 58: 303 (1915) Pearson in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 57: 338 (1915) albino form
P. dayanum Stone ex Lindley in Gardener's Chronicle, 1st series, 20: 693 (1860) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 464 (1892)
P. dixlerianum Braem & Chiron in Richardiana, 1(4): 135-139 (2001)  
P. fowliei   Birk in Orchid Digest, 45(2): 63-64 (1981)  
fma. christianae Braem in Orchidees. Culture et Protection, No. 36: 35-38 (1998)   albino form
P. hennisianum   M.W. Wood in Orchid Review, 84(1001): 352 (1976) Fowlie in Orchid Digest, 41(2): 60-61 (1977)
fma. christiansenii Gruss & Roeth in Die Orchidee, 47(5): 234-236 (1996) Gruss & Roeth in Caesiana, No. 12: 57-65 (1999) albino form
P. hookerae   Reichenbach fil. ex Hooker fil. in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 89, tab. 5362 (1863) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 470 (1892)
var. volonteanum fma. sandowii Braem in Orchidees. Culture et Protection, No. 36: 35-38 (1998) Gruss in Caesiana 12: 63 (1999) albino form
P. javanicum   Reinwardt ex Blume in Catalogus, 98 (1823) Pfitzer in Pringsheim, Jahrbcher fur wissenschaftliche Botanik, 19:165 (1888)
var. virens Reichenbach fil. in Botanische Zeitung, 21: 128 (1889) Veitch in A Manual of Orchidaceous Plants, 4: 35 (1889)
fma. nymphenburgianum Roeth & Gruss in Die Orchidee, 48(1): 8-10 (1997) Cribb in The Genus Paphiopedilum, 2nd Edition: 371 (1998) albino form
P. lawrenceanum   Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 2nd series, 10: 748 (1878) Pfitzer in Pringsheim, Jahrbcher fur wissenschaftliche Botanik, 19:163 (1888)
fma. hyeanum Linden fil. & Rodigas in Lindenia, 1:89, plate 42 (1885) Gruss & Roeth in Caesiana, No. 12: 57-65 (1999) albino form
P. mastersianum Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 2nd series, 12: 102, (1879) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 477 (1892)
P. mohrianum Braem in Orchid Digest, 53(2): 72-75 (1989)  
P. papuanum Ridley ex Rendle in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 58: 131 (1915) L.O. Williams in Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University, 12(5): 149 (1946)
P. purpuratum Lindley in Edward's Botanical Register, 23: t. 1991 (1837) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 481 (1892)
P. sangii Braem in Die Orchidee, 38(4): 169-172 (1987)  
P. schoseri Braem & Mohr in Schlechteriana, Fascicle 2: 15-22 (1988)  
P. sukhakulii   Schoser & Senghas in Die Orchidee, 16: 109-110 (1965)  
fma. aureum Van Delden ex Gruss in Die Orchidee, Beiheft 6: 15-16 (1999)   albino form
P. superbiens   Reichenbach fil. in Bonplandia, 3: 227 (1855) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 487 (1892)
var. curtisii Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 2nd series, 20: 8 (1883) Braem in Paphiopedilum: 214 (1988)
var. curtisii fma. sanderae Curtis in Gardeners' Magazine, new series 58: 303 (1915) Braem & Chiron in Paphiopedilum, 302 (2003) albino form
fma. sanderae Curtis in Gardeners' Magazine, new series 58: 303 (1915) M.W. Wood in Orchid Review 83: 399 (1975) albino form
P. tonsum   Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 2nd series, 20: 262 (1883) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 488 (1892)
fma. alboviride Braem in Orchidees. Culture et Protection, No. 36: 35-38 (1998)   albino form
P. urbanianum   Fowlie in Orchid Digest, 45(4): 131 (1981)  
fma. alboviride Braem in Orchidees. Culture et Protection, No. 36: 35-38 (1998)   albino form
P. venustum   Wallich ex Sims in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 47, t. 2129 (1820) Pfitzer in Pringsheim, Jahrbcher fur wissenschaftliche Botanik, 19:163 (1888)
fma. measuresianum hort. in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 14: 756 (1893) Braem in Braem et al., The Genus Paphiopedilum, 2: 274 (1999) albino form
fma. measuresianum hort. in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 14: 756 (1893) Braem in Orchidees. Culture et Protection 36: 35 (1998) albino form
fma. pardinum Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 1st series, 29: 554 (1869) Braem in Braem et al., The Genus Paphiopedilum, 2: 274 (1999) color form
P. violascens Schlechter in Die Orchidaceen von Deutsch-Neu-Guinea, in Fedde, Repertorium, Beihefte, 1: 2-3 (1911)  
P. volonteanum   Sander in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 8: 7 (1890, List of awards) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 491 (1892)
fma. sandowii Braem in Orchidees. Culture et Protection, No. 36: 35-38 (1998)   albino form
P. wardii   Summerhayes in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 92: 446 (1932)  
fma. alboviride Gruss & Roeth in Die Orchidee, 49(3): 141-143 (1998) Braem in Orchidees. Culture et Protection, No. 36: 35-38 (1998) albino form
P. wentworthianum Schoser & Fowlie ex Fowlie in Orchid Digest, 32(9): 282-285 (1968)  
Polyantha P. adductum Asher in Orchid Digest, 47(6): 213-236 (1983)  
P. anitum Golamco in WalingWaling Review, 6(2): 9-14 (1998)  
P. dianthum   Tang & Wang in Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology, Peiping, Biological series, 10: 24 (1940)  
fma. album hort. Ex Gruss in Die Orchidee 54(1): 63 (2003)   albino form
P. gigantifolium Braem, Baker & Baker in Orchidees. Culture et Protection, No. 30: 5-12 (1997)  
P. glanduliferum Blume in Rumphia, 4: 56, t. 195 (1848) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 468 (1892)
P. haynaldianum   Reichenbach fil. in Xenia Orchidacea, 2: 222-223 (1874) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 470 (1892)
fma. album Asher in Orchid Digest 44: 214 (1980) Braem in Braem et al., The Genus Paphiopedilum, 1: 112 (1998) albino form
fma. album Asher in Orchid Digest 44: 214 (1980)   albino form
P. kolopakingii   Fowlie in Orchid Digest, 48(1): 41 (1984)   brown form
fma. topperi Braem & Mohr in Schlechteriana, fascicle 2: 15-22 Braem & Chiron in Paphiopedilum, 346 (2003) green form
P. lowii   Lindley in Gardener's Chronicle, 1st series, 7: 765 (1847) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 476 (1892)
fma. aureum Cribb in Orchid Review 98: 109 (1990) Cribb in Slipper Orchids of Borneo, 73 (1997) albino form
var. lynniae Garay in Lindleyana, 11(4): 232-233 (1996) Gruss & Roeth in Die Orchidee, 48(2): 72 (1997)
var. richardianum Asher & Beaman in Orchid Digest, 52(2): 61-62 (1988) Gruss & Roeth in Die Orchidee, 45(5): Back of cover (1994)
P. lynniae Garay in Lindleyana, 11(4): 232-233 (1996)  
P. ooii Koopowitz in Orchid Digest, 63(2): 106-107 (1999)  
P. parishii   Reichenbach fil. in Flora, 52: 322 (1869) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 479 (1892)
var. dianthum Tang & Wang in Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology, Peiping, Biological series, 10: 24 (1940) Karasawa & Saito in Bulletin of the Hiroshima Botanical Garden, No. 5: 1-69 (1982)
P. philippinense   Reichenbach fil. in Bonplandia, 10: 335 (1862) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 480 (1892)
var. roebbelenii Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 2nd series, 20: 684 (1883) Cribb in The Genus Paphiopedilum, 111 (1987)
fma. alboflavum Gruss in Die Orchidee, 51(3): 354-355 (2000)   albino form
P. platyphyllum Yukawa ex Gruss in Die Orchidee, 52(1): 84-87 (2001)  
P. praestans Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 2nd series, 26: 776 (1886) Pfitzer in Engler, Botanische Jahrbucher, 19: 41 (1894)
P. randsii Fowlie in Orchid Digest, 33(10): 321-322 (1969)  
P. richardianum Asher & Beaman in Orchid Digest, 52(2): 61-62 (1988)  
P. roebbelenii   Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 2nd series, 20: 684 (1883) Pfitzer in Engler, Botanische Jahrbucher, 19: 41 (1894)
fma. alboflavum Gruss in Die Orchidee, 51(3): 354-355 (2000)   albino form
P. rothschildianum Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 3: 457 (1888) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 482 (1892)
P. sanderianum Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 2nd series, 25: 554 (1886) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 482 (1892)
P. stonei Hooker in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 88: t. 5349 (1862) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 487 (1892)
P. supardii Braem & Loeb in Die Orchidee, 36(4): 142-143 (1985)  
P. wilhelminiae L.O. Williams in American Orchid Society Bulletin, 10(5): 373-375 (1942)  
 
Cochlopetalum P. chamberlainianum Sander in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 11: 194 (1892) Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 461 (1892)
P. glaucophyllum   J.J. Smith in Bulletin de l'Institut Botanique de Buitenzorg, 7:1 (1900)  
var. moquetteanum fma. flavoviride Braem in Australian Orchid Review, 66(1): 4-16 (2001)   albino form
P. kalinae Braem in Orchis, No. 93: 18-23 (1995)  
P. liemianum Fowlie in Orchid Digest, 33(2): 55 (1971) Karasawa & Saito in Bulletin of the Hiroshima Botanical Garden, No. 5:57 (1982)
P. moquetteanum   J.J. Smith in Teysmannia, 17: 31 (1906) Fowlie in Orchid Digest, 44(4): 133 (1980)
fma. flavoviride Braem in Australian Orchid Review, 66(1): 4-16 (2001) Braem & Chiron in Paphiopedilum, 419 (2003) albino form
P. primulinum   M. Wood & P. Taylor in Orchid Review, 81(955): 220 (1973)   albino form
fma. purpurascens M. Wood in Orchid Review, 84(995): 133-143 (1976) Peeters & Braem in Paphiopedilum, 408 (2003) colored form
P. victoria-marie Sander ex Masters in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 13: 580 (1893) Rolfe in Orchid Review, 3(35): 364-367 (1896)
P. victoria-regina   Sander in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 11: 194 (1892) ?
var. kalinae Braem in Orchis, No. 93: 18-23 (1995) Koopowitz in Orchid Digest, 59(3): 115-139

Synonyms

Invalid Taxon Valid Taxon Original Description
P. aestivum P. purpuratum Liu & Zhang in Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica, 39(6): 568, fig. 1 (2001)
P. affine P. gratrixianum De Wildeman in La Tribune Horticle, 1: 57 (1906)
P. amabile P. bullenianum Hallier fil. in Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indie, 54: 450-452 (1895)
P. angustatum P. malipoense var. hiepii Liu & Chen in Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica, 38(5): 464 (2000)
P. ayubii P. gigantifolium hort. ex Parnata in Australian Orchid Review, 62 (4): 9-10 (1997)
P. baccanum P. schoseri Schoser in Proceedings of the 9th World Orchid Conference: 38 (1980)
P. barbigerum var. lockianum P. barbigerum Averyanov in Komarova, 2: 11 (2002)
P. biflorum P. barbatum B.S. Williams in The Orchid Grower's Manual, ed. 3: 109 (1868)
P. birkii P. callosum Fowlie
P. bodegomii P. glanduliferum hort.
P. boxallii var. atratum P. boxallii Masters in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 1: 210, fig. 47 (1887)
P. burbidgei P. dayanum Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 2nd series, 16: 38 (1881)
P. cannartianum P. philippinense var. roebbelenii Linden fil. in Lindenia, 3: 93, t. 141 (1888)
P. caobangense P. tranlienianum N.T. Tich in Hoa Canh, 1:14 (1999)
P. chaoi P. henryanum Hua in Die Orchidee, 50(5): 495 (1999)
P. coccineum P. barbigerum [var. lockianum] Perner & Herrmann in Die Orchidee, 51(5): 622-624 (2000)
P. dayi P. dayanum Stone, MSS in Gardener's Chronicle, 1st series, 20: 693 (1860)
P. denisii P. wentworthianum Schoser in Die Orchidee, 22(4): 140-144 (1971)
P. dilectum P. boxallii Reichenbach fil. (?) in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 3: 330-331 (1888)
P. dollii P. henryanum Lueckel in Die Orchidee, 33 (5): 266-268 (after 18 September, 1987)
P. elliottianum P. rothschildianum O'Brien in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 4: 501 (1888) and Gower in The Garden, 34: 408 (1888)
P. emersonii var. huonglanae P. emersonii N.T. Tich in Hoa Canh, 4:12 (1998)
P. ernestianum P. dayanum hort. in Journal of Horticulture and Practical Gardening, 3rd series, 14: 375, fig. 67 (1887)
P. fairrieanum var. flavum P. fairrieanum fma. bohlmannianum hort. ex Pradhan in Orchid Digest, 42(4): 151-58 (1978)
P. foerstermanni P. sanderianum hort.
P. fumi P. platyphyllum hort.
P. gardineri ? P. glanduliferum complex Guillemard in The Cruise of the Marchesa, 1st ed., 2: 309 (1886) & 2nd ed., 406 & fig. (1889)
P. globulosum P. micranthum Liu & Chen in Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica, 40(4): 365, fig. 1 (2002)
P. hilmari P. vietnamense Sengas & Schettler in Journal fur den Orchideenfreund, 6(1): 4 (1999)
P. huonglanae P. emersonii N.T. Tich in Hoa Canh, 3:10-11 (1998)
P. laevigatum P. philippinense Bateman in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 91: t. 5508 (1865)
P. linii P. bullenianum Schoser in Die Orchidee, 17(3): 177-181 (1966)
P. micranthum fma. albo-flavum P. micranthum fma. glanzeanum Braem in Leaflets of the Schlechter Institute 1: 3-4 (1994)
P. micranthum var. oblatum P. micranthum Liu & Chen in Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica, 40(4): 366 (2002)
P. mirabile P. vietnamense Cavestro & Chiron in Orchidees. Culture et Protection, No. 38: 31-34 (1999)
P. miteaunum P. ciliolare Linden fil. & Rodigas in Lindenia, 3: 77, t. 146 (1887)
P. neo-guineense P. rothschildianum Linden in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 3: 505 (1888)
P. nicholsonianum P. rothschildianum hort.
P. nigritum P. barbatum Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 2nd series, 18: 102 (1882)
P. petri P. dayanum Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 2nd series, 13: 680 (1880)
P. pitcherianum P. argus W.A. Manda in American Florist, 3: 178 (1887)
P. praestans var. kimballianum P. praestans Linden fil. & Rodigas in Lindenia, 6: t. 249 (1890)
P. reflexum P. callosum hort. ex Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 482 (1892)
P. regnieri P. callosum hort. ex Stein in Stein's Orchideenbuch, 457 (1892)
P. robinsonii P. bullenianum Ridley in Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums, 6: 183 (1915)
P. saccopetalum P. hirsutissimum Hua in Die Orchidee, 49(1): 38-39 (1998)
P. schmidtianum P. callosum Kraenzlin in Botanisk Tidsskrift, 24: 13 (1901)
P. singchii P. hangianum Z.J. Liu & J.Y. Zang in Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica, 38(5): 468 (2000)
P. sinicum P. purpuratum Hance ex Reichenbach fil. in Walpers, Annales botanices systematicae, 3: 602 (1853)
P. sriwaniae P. argus Koopwitz in American Orchid Society Bulletin, 60(8): 781-784 (1991)
P. stonei var. latifolium P. platyphyllum hort.
P. stonei var. platytaenium P. stonei [peloric clone] hort.
P. striatum P. glanduliferum Clements & Jones in Lasianthera, 1(1): 2-5 (1996)
P. sugiyamanum P. hennisianum Cavestro in Rhone - Alpes Orchidees, No. 27: 2-9 (2001)
P. sugiyamii P. platyphyllum hort.
P. thailandense P. callosum Fowlie
P. tonkinense P. concolor Linden in Lindenia, 2: 61-62, t.77 (1886)
P. tortipetalum P. bullenianum Fowlie in Orchid Digest, 49(4): 153-156 (1985)
P. veitchianum P. superbiens hort. ex Lemaire in L'Illustration Horticole, 12, tab. 429 (1865)
P. violascens var. gautierense P. violascens J.J. Smith in Nova Guinea, 12: 175 (1915)
P. waltersianum P. appletonianum Kraenzlin in Desbois, Cypripedium, Selenipedium, & Uropedium - Monographie: 477 (1898)
P. wolterianum P. appletonianum Kraenzlin in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 17: 166 (1895)
P. zieckianum P. papuanum Schoser in Die Orchidee, 18(1): 1-7 (1967)

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