Paphiopedilum adductum Asher 1983 SUBGENUS Polyantha SECTION Mastigopetalum
Photos by Joseph Dougerty
Photo by Harold Koopowitz
EARLY
Common Name refers to the strongly adducted staminode
Flower Size 4" + [10 cm+]
Found in the Philippines in leaf litter around elevations of 1250 to 1350 meters as a small sized, cool growing, epiphytic species with 6, oblong-ligulate to slightly lanceolate, dark green leaves with a hyaline margin that blooms in the early winter on an erect to arching, terminal, to 11 3/4" [29 cm] long, 2 to several flowered, pubescent inflorescence with green veined maroon floral bracts and all the glabrous flowers opening simultaneously.
Synonyms Paphiopedilum adductum var. anitum (Golamco) Koop. 2000; Paphiopedilum anitum Golamco 1998
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchid Digest Vol 47 No 6 1983 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 59 No 3 1995 photo fide; Oasis Vol 1 No 2 2000 photo as P anitum; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000 ; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000 as P anitum; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 photo fide; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 4 2004 photo as P anitum; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 #1 2008 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 76 #4 2012 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 76 #4 2012 as P adductum var anitum photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #6 2015 as P adductum var anitum photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 83 #2 2019 photo fide;
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