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Paphiopedilum

Venus' slipper

Botanical details
Family
Orchidaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Genus

Paphiopedilum

Genus description

Paphiopedilum are mainly terrestrial, and lithophytic or epiphytic. They lack pseudobulbs and produce short stems with strap-shaped leathery leaves. Each shoot ends in a solitary flower or racemes of 2-8 flowers each with a distinctive variably-shaped lip or pouch

Name status

Correct

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