Phragmipedium besseae

Phragmipedium besseae is a species of orchid in the genus Phragmipedium. It is a terrestrial plant native to the wet montane forests on the eastern slope of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.[2]

Phragmipedium besseae flower

Phragmipedium besseae
Photographed in southern Ecuador
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Cypripedioideae
Genus: Phragmipedium
Species:
P. besseae
Binomial name
Phragmipedium besseae
Dodson & J.Kuhn
Synonyms
  • Paphiopedilum besseae V.A.Albert & Börge Pett

Description

It has 13–30 cm long, 2–5 cm wide, dull green, keeled leaves. The inflorescence is 1-6 flowered, opening sequentially, up to 50 cm long, brown, pilose. It has flowers 6–9 cm wide, 112 to 212" (4 to 6.5 cm), pouch with translucent windows. Phragmipedium besseae produces long rhizomes.[3]

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References

  1. Rankou,H. (2016)"Phragmipedium besseae". In IUCN 2014. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.1.
  2. The Gore Orchid Conservatory http://www.goreorchidconservatory.com/SpecPgs/Phrag-besseae.html Archived 2010-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Slipperfreak 2007 Phragmipedium besseae http://www.orchidboard.com/node/122 Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine


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