Paphiopedilum amabile

Section Barbata

Synonym: Paph. bullenianum var. amabile

 

 

 

Occurrence: K'lamm Mountains near Sintang, West Kalimantan (Indonesia)

If you are interested, you can read more here:


http://archive.org/stream/berpaphiopedilu00hallgoog#page/n7/mode/2up



Occasionally Paph. amabile from Cambodia - but these have a heart-shaped staminodium and are therefore Paph. assigned to cerveranum.

 

The following pictures were made available to me by Anke Klusen:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paph. amabile was rarely offered in Europe and is therefore hardly known, here are a few pictures from Orchid Dgest magazine (with permission)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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