Phragmipedium besseae
Phragmipedium besseae is a species of orchid in the genus Phragmipedium. It is a terrestrial plant native to the wet montane forests on the eastern slope of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.[2]
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Phragmipedium besseae flower
| Phragmipedium besseae | |
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| Photographed in southern Ecuador | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cypripedioideae |
| Genus: | Phragmipedium |
| Species: | P. besseae |
| Binomial name | |
| Phragmipedium besseae Dodson & J.Kuhn | |
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Description
It has 13–30 cm long, 2–5 cm wide, dull green, keeled leaves. The inflorescence is 1-6 flowered, opening sequentially, up to 50 cm long, brown, pilose. It has flowers 6–9 cm wide, 11⁄2 to 21⁄2" (4 to 6.5 cm), pouch with translucent windows. Phragmipedium besseae produces long rhizomes.[3]
References
- Rankou,H. (2016)"Phragmipedium besseae". In IUCN 2014. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.1.
- The Gore Orchid Conservatory http://www.goreorchidconservatory.com/SpecPgs/Phrag-besseae.html Archived 2010-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
- Slipperfreak 2007 Phragmipedium besseae http://www.orchidboard.com/node/122 Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
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