Phragmipedium humboldtii Fortuna Special

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Product information "Phragmipedium humboldtii Fortuna Special"
Name: Phragmipedium humboldtii 'Fortuna Special', (Warsz. ex Rchb.f.) J.T.Atwood & Dressler 1998 publ. 1999
Synonyms:

Cypripedium caudatum var. roseum, Delchev. 1867
Cypripedium caudatum var. warscewiczii, (Rchb.f.) Kerch. 1894
Cypripedium humboldtii, Warsz. 1852
Phragmipedium caudatum var. roseum, (Delchev.) Pfitzer 1903
Phragmipedium exstaminodium subsp. warszewiczii, Dressler 2005
Phragmipedium monstruosum, Archila 1999
Phragmipedium popowii, Braem, Ohlund & Quene 2004
Phragmipedium triandrum, Archila 1999
Phragmipedium warscewiczii, (Rchb.f.) Christenson 2006
Selenipedium warscewiczii, Rchb.f. 1873

Etymology:

humboldtii = Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science.

Trade name: South American slipper orchid
Propagation: seed
Origin: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama
Habitat:

Humus epiphyte, no exact location

Notes:

Phragmipedium humboldtii is/was often confused with Phragm. warscewiczianum.
Petal length can be over 50cm, when the petals develop, please do not touch the tip, the petals will stop growing.
This species often grows on slopes, the petals grow down very long until they touch the ground and insects can climb up them and pollinate the flower.

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