- Family: Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus: Paphiopedilum Pfitzer
Paphiopedilum hookerae (Rchb.f.) Stein
- Genus: Paphiopedilum Pfitzer
This species is accepted, and its native range is Borneo.
Descriptions
According to Cypripedioideae: e-monocot.org
[C-EM]- Distribution
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Borneo: Sarawak and western Kalimantan; 150–800 m altitude.
- General Description
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A terrestrial herb. Leaves 5–6, oblong-elliptic, obtuse and minutely tridentate at apex, 7–23 cm long, 2.7–5 cm wide, boldly tessellated dark and light green on upper surface. Inflorescence 1-flowered; peduncle to 50 cm long, purple, white-pubescent; bract lanceolate, acute, 20–30 mm long, 14 mm wide, pale brownish, pubescent. Flower 8–10 cm across; ovary 5 cm long, bright green, pubescent. Dorsal sepal ovate, acute, 3–4 cm long, 2.3–2.9 cm wide, with reflexed basal margins, cream flushed bright green in centre. Synsepal elliptic, bidentate, 2–3 cm long, 1.4–1.6 cm wide, pale yellow. Petals deflexed, half twisted in middle, spathulate, subacute, 4–5.5 cm long, 1.5–2.2 cm wide, ciliate, pale green, heavily spotted brown in basal two-thirds, margins and apical third purple. Lip 3.8–4.2 cm long, 1.7 cm wide, brown, brown-warted on side lobes, ciliate on slightly reflexed apical margin. Staminode circular, apically excised, 10 mm long and wide; side-lobes at apex incurved-falcate. 2n = 28.
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Distribution
Accepted Infraspecifics
Synonyms
Other Data
Paphiopedilum hookerae (Rchb.f.) Stein appears in other Kew resources:
Bibliography
First published in Orchid.-Buch: 470 (1892)
Accepted by
- Koopowitz, H. (2012). An updated, annotated checklist of the genus Paphiopedilum Orchid Digest 76: 178-215.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Cypripedioideae: e-monocot.org
- Reichenbach, H.G. Original description of Paphiopedilum hookerae. (1892).
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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