Phragmipedilum caudatum OP

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Product information "Phragmipedilum caudatum OP"

Name:	Phragmipedium caudatum [Lindley] Rolfe 1896
Synonyms:	Cypripedium caudatum Lindley 1840 Cypripedium elatum Poit. ex Perr. 1825 Paphiopedilum caudatum [Lindley] Pfitz. 1880 Phragmipedium humboldtii (Warsz. ex Rchb.f.) J.T.Atwood & Dressler 1998 publ. 1999 Phragmopedilum caudatum (Lindl.) Pfitzer 1903 Phragmipedium caudatum f. albertianum (Linden) O.Gruss & M.Wolff 2007 Selenipedium caudatum (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1854 Selenipedium caudatum var. albertianum Linden 1888 Uropedium lindenii Lindl. 1846
Etymology:	caudatum = long-tailed, with long sepals
Trade name:	südamerikanischer Frauenschuh
Propagation:	seed
Origin:	Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela
Habitat:	terrestrial, growing fully exposed on grassy slopes and cliff faces in humus soil at elevations of 800 to 2500 meters
Notes:	Flower size (petal length) to over 60cm, was thus also in the Guinness Book of Records as the "largest flower in the world". When the petals develop, do not touch the tip, then it stops growing in length. This species grows on slopes, the petals grow down very long, until they touch the ground and the insects can climb up the same, and pollinate the flower.

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