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Paphiopedilum wentworthianum
Paphiopedilum wentworthianum, or the Wentworth's paphiopedilum, is a species of orchid, endemic to the islands of Guadalcanal and Bougainville. The species is considered to be difficult to be cultivated, and thus, rare in culture.
P. wentworthianum were discovered as an endemic species mainly to the islands of Guadalcanal and Bougainville. Since its discovery in 1962, the species gained various threats such as shifting agriculture. It was rediscovered in 1984 in a hardly accessible spot in Guadalcanal, and a 1986 report by P. J. Cribb suggested that there were only 100 to 200 individuals present in the wild.
Pointed Tooth Paphiopedilum · Paphiopedilum adductum · Appleton's Paphiopedilum · Argus Paphiopedilum · Golden slipper orchid · Bearded Paphiopedilum · Beard carrying Paphiopedilum · Egg-in-a-nest orchid · Bougainville Paphiopedilum · Bullen's Paphiopedilum · Callus Paphiopedilum · Paphiopedilum subg. Megastaminodium
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Paphiopedilum wentworthianum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
