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What's the nickname for Paphiopedilum?

Published: 2024-11-05 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/05, Paphiopedilum, also known as slipper orchid, is one of the most common cultivated orchids, mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical forests in Asia, with a long flowering life and a species that blossoms all the year round.

Another name for Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum is also known as: slipper orchid, crepe goose orchid.

Morphological characteristics of Paphiopedilum

Variegated varieties belong to warm type, most of them bloom in summer or autumn, and most of cool green leaf varieties blossom in spring and winter.

Its stem is short, leaf blade leathery, subbasal, banded or oblong-lanceolate, with green or reddish brown markings.

Scape strangely shaped, pocket-shaped lip drawn from the foliage. The dorsal calyx is well developed and the pattern is gorgeous. Two lateral calyx United together.

The shape of the core column is different from that of the general orchid, and the two anthers are planted on both sides of the core column. The petals are thicker and the flowers have a long life.

The flowery language of Dolan

The flower words and symbols of Paphiopedilum represent meaning: beauty, diligence and thrift.

 
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