Phragmipedium besseae
| Phragmipedium besseae | |
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| Flowers of Phragmipedium besseae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cypripedioideae |
| Tribe: | Phragmipedieae |
| Subtribe: | Phragmipediinae |
| Genus: | Phragmipedium |
| Species: | P. besseae |
| Binomial name | |
| Phragmipedium besseae Dodson & J.Kuhn (1981) | |
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Phragmipedium besseae (Pronunciation:fraig-mi-PEE-dee-um BESS-ee-ay) is an orchid species of the genus Phragmipedium. It is a terrestrial orchid native to the wet montane forests on the eastern slope of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.[1]
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Phragmipedium besseae hybrid
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, 11⁄2 to 21⁄2" (4 to 6.5 cm), pouch with translucent windows. Phragmipedium besseae is also known to produce long rhizomes.[2]
References
- ↑ The Gore Orchid Conservatory http://www.goreorchidconservatory.com/SpecPgs/Phrag-besseae.html
- ↑ Slipperfreak 2007 Phragmipedium besseae http://www.orchidboard.com/node/122
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