Paphiopedilum villosum (Lindl.) Pfitzer 1895
Description: This large sized, cool to cold growing, clump forming humus epiphytic species or rare lithophyte with clear yellow green leaves is found in Assam India, Myanamar, Thailand; Southern China, Laos and Vietnam in primary, evergreen, wet, closed, mixed and broadleafed, highland cloud forests on tree forks or clumps of ferns 10 to 15 meters above the ground or rarely on cliff faces as a lithophyte at altitudes of 1100 to 2100 meters in areas with abundant rainfall.
Photorights: Cedric Jancloes
- Size: orchid up to 30 cm tall, leaves 25 cm long and 5 cm wide, Flowers 7.5 - 13.5 cm , across,
- Collector/Witnesses: Cedric Jancloes
- Year Collected: 2011
- Growing Media: pot
- Flowering Period: January - may
- Color: dorsal sepal ovate-orbicular, lower margin revolute, white at apex, greenish-purple at base and centre, lateral sepals up to 6 cm long, green; petals spoon shaped, brown-yellow, ciliate at margins curved above forward; lip tapering to apex; staminode obcordate-obovate, truncate, verrucose hirsute with a central glossy knob; ovary yellowish-green, densely covered with purple hairs.
- Water: 2 time daily
- Light: bright light, partial shade
- Temperature: 10 - 27°C