Biology:Phragmipedium besseae

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Short description: Species of plant

Phragmipedium besseae
Phragmipedium besseae (1).jpg
Photographed in southern Ecuador
Scientific classification edit
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
Synonyms
  • Paphiopedilum besseae V.A.Albert & Börge Pett

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]

Phragmipedium besseae flower

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, 1​12 to 2​12" (4 to 6.5 cm), pouch with translucent windows. Phragmipedium besseae produces long rhizomes.[3]

References

  1. Rankou,H. (2016)"Phragmipedium besseae". In IUCN 2014. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.1.
  2. The Gore Orchid Conservatory http://www.goreorchidconservatory.com/SpecPgs/Phrag-besseae.html
  3. Slipperfreak 2007 Phragmipedium besseae http://www.orchidboard.com/node/122

Wikidata ☰ Q1312983 entry