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Paphiopedilum
Venus' slipper
Botanical details
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Native to the UK
- 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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