Paphiopedilum Charlesworthii

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Paphiopedilum Charlesworthii, Pfitz. (Cypripbdium Charles- worthii, Rolfe). Leaves spotted, up to 10 in. long and 1 in. broad: scape 1-flowered, about as long as leaves, purple- spotted, pubescent; flowers about 3 in. greatest diameter; dorsal sepal broadly ovate, large, about 2 1/2 in. long, obtuse, nearly flat, white, mottled and suffused with pale carmine or purple-rose; petals horizontally spreading, a little shorter than sepal, oblong, obtuse, long- hairy at base on inner surface, sparsely ciliate, yellowish green, striated or reticulated with brown. Autumn. Bengal. B.M.7416. R.B. 20:241. Gn.47:252. A.F. 13:430. J.H. III. 45:469. O.R. 1:335. L. 10:443. A.G. 25:561.—Variable. The following varieties are known: Var. conchiflorum, Pfitz. Dorsal sepal concave. Var. Crashawae, Pfitz. (Cypripedium Crashawae, O'Brien) Has the fleshy leaves glaucous beneath, the flowers larger. Var. Desmetianum, Pfitz. Dorsal sepal with the rose-veined white center surrounded by a band of rose-magenta, and with a white border. Var. Duvivierianum, Pfitz. Dorsal sepal orbicular, nearly 3 in. diameter, pure white at the base, the radiating nerves of a rose-lilac, the mahogany petals tessellated with amber, the staminodium white with a chrome-yellow umbo. Var. magnificum, Pfitz. Flowers very large and brilliantly colored. Var. marginatum, Pfitz. Dorsal sepal is white with the base and border rose. Var. unicolor, Pfitz. Lip the same color as sepals and petals. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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