| Design: Paphiopedilum
urbanianum - (Photograph taken from the Book, Native Philippine Orchids
by Hans H. Fessel and Peter Balzer, Times Edition, Paciencia P. Milan,
Program Director, VISCA-GTZ Applied Tropical Ecology Program and President,
Leyte State University).
Paphiopedilum urbanianum
- This orchid is a semi-terrestrial orchid. The leaves are pale green,
tessellated with dark green spots, up to 20 cm. long, and 4 cm. wide. The
inflorescence is erect, up to about 25 cm. high, usually one or sometimes
two-flowered. The dorsal sepal is up to about 35 mm. long, white with green
stripes; the synsepatum is about 30 mm. long, white with green stripes;
the petals are about 50 mm. long, undulate, whitish with pale green veins.
The apical half is purple, spotted with dark purple, the margins sparsely
hairy. The lip is about 40 mm. long, dull purple in front, greenish at
back, margins at back rolled inward. The staminode is nearly circular and
notched above and below. The flower has two separated sticky pollinia. |
