Phragmipedium besseae

Phragmipedium besseae
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)
Synonyms
  • Paphiopedilum besseae V.A.Albert & Börge Pett (1994)

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]

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, 112 to 212" (4 to 6.5 cm), pouch with translucent windows. Phragmipedium besseae is also known to produce long rhizomes.[2]

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