民岛兜兰Paphiopedilum urbanianum
Distribution: Philippines (Mindoro).
Note : An albino form, f. alboviride Braem ( 1998 ), is found under this species in the Philippines. |
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Leaves 4--6, narrowly elliptic, 12-20 cm long, 3-4 cm wide, adaxially tessellated with dark and light green, abaxially pale green. |
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Scape 20-30 cm long, purple-brown, densely pubescent; bracts ovate, 2-3 cm long, green, shortly hairy; pedicel and ovary 5一7.5 cm long, green, longitudinally maroon-ridged; flowers 1-2, 8.5-10 (-12) cm across; dorsal sepal and synsepal white, veined with green or dark green; petals pale green or green-white and veined with green in basal half, purple in apical half, with maroon wart-like 平pots in the middle part; lip pale purple-brown, with darker veins; staminode pale yellow-green, longitudinally lined with green; dorsal sepal broadly ovate, 2.6-3.6 cm long, 3.2-4.2 cm wide; synsepal ovate, smaller than dorsal sepal; petals oblong-oblanceolate, 5.5—6 cm long, 1.2-l.8 cm wide, ciliate; lip helmetshaped, warted on its incurved side-lobes; pouch ellipso吐ovoid, 2.8-3.5 cm long, 2.2-3 cm wide; staminode somewhat orbicular, puberulous adaxially, I 0-13 mm long, ca. 10 mm wide, with a sinus and a central tooth apically. 2n=40. Flowering period: December to April in the wild. |
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