Paphiopedilum 'Winston Churchill'

Paphiopedilum 'Winston Churchill'

Orchids
Living Collections

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Cypripedioideae
Subtribe: Cypripedioideae
Genus: Paphiopedilum

Appearance: Single flower is brown with white sepals spotted with red.

Parentage: (Paphiopedilum Eridge × Paphiopedilum Hampden)

Provenance: From a hybridized cultivated plant not of wild origin

Life Form: Terrestrial

Range: Native to Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, southern China, New Guinea and the Solomon and Bismarck Islands

Habitat: Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Temperature Requirements: Intermediate-Cool

Bloom Season: Winter/Spring

Fragrant: No

Light Level: Low to Medium

Registered and Hybridized by S.Low

Registered in 1951

AOS paphiopedilum care guide:

https://www.aos.org/orchids/culture-sheets/paphiopedilum.aspx

Youtube instructional and care guide video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKMTnvQC_4A

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