Family:
Orchidaceae Juss.
Genus:
Paphiopedilum Pfitzer

Paphiopedilum wardii Summerh.

This species is accepted, and its native range is China (SW. Yunnan) to Myanmar.

[C-EM]
Distribution

North Burma and possibly south-west China (Yunnan); 1200–1500 m altitude.

General Description

A terrestrial herb with clustered growths. Leaves 3–5, oblong-lanceolate, tridenticulate at acute apex, up to 17 cm long, 5.5 cm wide, irregularly mottled pale and dark bluish green above, purple-mottled beneath. Inflorescence 1-flowered, 20–45 cm long; peduncle densely pubescent, purple; bract lanceolate, acute, 2–3 cm long, ciliate, green flushed with purple. Flower 8.5–12.8 cm across; dorsal sepal white veined with green; petals greenish white flushed brown-purple and spotted all over with dark maroon; lip greenish or ochre, finely brown-spotted; staminode pale green with darker veins; pedicel and ovary 4–6 cm long, green or reddish purple, pubescent. Dorsal sepal ovate, acuminate, 4–6.1 cm long, 2.5–4.6 cm wide, ciliate, pubescent on outer surface. Synsepal lanceolate, acute, 3.5–5.8 cm long, 1.2–3.3 cm wide. Petals spreading at an angle of c. 30° to the horizontal, somewhat pendulous, oblong-lanceolate to oblong, acute, 5–7.9 cm long, 1.5–2.5 cm wide, setose-ciliate. Lip deeply saccate, 5–5.6 cm long, 2.2–2.8 cm wide; side lobes verrucose. Staminode lunate, 9–10 mm long, 12–14 mm wide, finely pubescent, lateral teeth incurved at apex, blunt. 2n = 44.

Native to:

China South-Central, Myanmar

Extinct in:

East Himalaya

English
Rainbow Orchid

Paphiopedilum wardii Summerh. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Ward, F. 22241.000 Unknown type material No
33275.000 No
Henry, China 50149.000 No
Kingdon Ward, F. [s.n.], Myanmar K000078045 holotype Yes
Kingdon Ward, F. [9070], Burma K000078046 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], China 76709.000 No

First published in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 92: 446 (1932)

Accepted by

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Koopowitz, H. (2012). An updated, annotated checklist of the genus Paphiopedilum Orchid Digest 76: 178-215.
  • Manilal, K.S. & Kumar, C.S. (eds.) (2004). Orchid Memories A tribute to Gunnar Seidenfaden: 1-265. Mentor Books, Calicut.
  • Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Manilal, K.S. & Kumar, C.S. (eds.) (2004). Orchid Memories A tribute to Gunnar Seidenfaden: 1-265. Mentor Books, Calicut.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Cypripedioideae: e-monocot.org

  • Summerhayes, V.S. Original description of Paphiopedilum wardii. 92, (1932).

  • Cypripedioideae: e-monocot.org

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