Paphiopedilum micranthum (Hong Kong)

ORCHIDACEAE: Paphiopedilum micranthum Tang & F.T.Wang from Hong Kong:  

Paphiopedilum micranthum Tang & F.T.Wang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1: 56 (1951).

Synonyms:

Paphiopedilum micranthum subsp. eburneum Fowlie, Orchid Digest 57: 186 (1993).

Paphiopedilum micranthum var. alboflavum Braem, Leafl. Schlechter Inst. 1: 4 (1994).

Paphiopedilum micranthum var. glanzeanum O.Gruss & Roeth, Orchidee (Hamburg), Suppl. 2: 16 (1994).

Paphiopedilum micranthum f. alboflavum (Braem) Braem in G.J.Braem, C.O.Baker & M.L.Baker, Gen. Paphiopedilum Nat. Hist. Cult. 1: 91 (1998).

Paphiopedilum micranthum f. glanzeanum (O.Gruss & Roeth) O.Gruss & Roeth, Caesiana 12: 59 (1999).

Paphiopedilum globulosum Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 40: 366 (2002).

Paphiopedilum micranthum var. oblatum Z.J.Liu & J.Yong Zhang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 40: 369 (2002).

Family: ORCHIDACEAE

Distribution: China (SE. Yunnan, SW. Guangxi, S. & SW. Guizhou) to N. Vietnam

Present pic taken from the live collection at KFBG, Hong Kong.

Please note the presence of long hirsute hairs on the floral stalk in contrast to Paphiopedilum armeniacum.

Paphiopedilum micranthum: Happy New Year 2013: Wish you and all your loved ones a very happy and prosperous new year 2013.

Oh my God!!! What a beauty.

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