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Mandarin orchid

Phragmipedium caudatum

Also called Tailed Phragmipedium

Mandarin orchid
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Native range
Peru to Bolivia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Phragmipedium caudatum, commonly called the Mandarin orchid, is a species of orchid occurring from Peru to Bolivia. It is the type species of the genus Phragmipedium.

Other Phragmipedium plants

Besse's Phragmipedium · Boissier's Phragmipedium · Reed grass-like Phragmipedium · Phragmipedium chapadense · Fischer's Phragmipedium · Hirtz' Phragmipedium · Klotsch's Phragmipedium · Kovach's Phragmipedium · Phragmipedium lindenii · Lindley's Phragmipedium · Long-Leaf Phragmipedium · Pearce's Phragmipedium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phragmipedium caudatum 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.

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