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Paphiopedilum urbanianum
Urban's Paphiopedilum is a slipper orchid from the lowland forests of Mindoro, Philippines, and is rare in the wild. It is grown as a cool-to-intermediate, shade-loving orchid, and it needs good air movement and steady moisture.
Paphiopedilum urbanianum is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is endemic to Mindoro in the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is almost extinct in the wild, partly due to habitat loss, but even more so because of unsustainable collecting for the horticultural trade.
Paphiopedilum adductum · Beard carrying Paphiopedilum · Paphiopedilum subg. Megastaminodium · Short haired Paphiopedilum · Double flowered Paphiopedilum · Fowlie's Paphiopedilum · Rothshild's slipper orchid · Venus' slipper
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Paphiopedilum urbanianum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
