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Paphiopedilum dianthum
Paphiopedilum dianthum is a lithophytic-to-epiphytic slipper orchid from limestone forests of southern China and northern Indo-China, prized for its large, twisted, long-lasting flowers. It is rare in the wild and needs cool-to-warm, humid, well-drained conditions with bright shade.
Paphiopedilum dianthum is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to China, Laos, and Vietnam. It is known commonly as the double flowered paphiopedilum.
This species grows on limestone in forest habitat. It produces 4 to 6 green leathery leaves. It bears 1 to 5 flowers at the top of an erect or arching stalk up to 80 centimeters long. The flower is up to 10 centimeters wide. The dorsal sepal is white with green veining and the synsepal is greenish to yellow-green with green veining. The striped greenish or brownish lateral petals are long and twisted with hairy warts. The lip is helmet-shaped.
Paphiopedilum adductum · Beard carrying Paphiopedilum · Paphiopedilum subg. Megastaminodium · Short haired Paphiopedilum · Fowlie's Paphiopedilum · Rothshild's slipper orchid · Urban's Paphiopedilum · Venus' slipper
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
