Product information "Phragmipedium manzurii"
Name: | Phragmipedium manzurii, Higgins & Viveros 2008 |
Synonyms: | Phragmipedium schlimii var. manzurii hort. |
Etymology: | manzurii = in honour of the discoverer of the species, the Colombian Manzur |
Trade name: | South American slipper orchid |
Propagation: | seed |
Origin: | Colombia |
Habitat: | Terrestrial, in Cordillera Oriental, Andes, no exact details. Site pictures show the plant growing on slopes in dark, sheltered places. |
Notes: | a small, very beautiful Phragmipedium, can flower several times close to each other. On closer inspection it is noticeable that the whole flower including the shoe is densely and finely full with fine hairs. |