Paphiopedilum in Viet Nam, NO. 8

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(17) Paph. tranlimianum(New Species)

cf. Newly discovered PaphiNO.12)

I have received this new information about Paph. new species from a friend of mine in Germany, Mr. Olaf Gruss in Jan., 1999.
This species was discovered newly from Viet Nam. The much more information in detail will be released in near future.

This plant is very similar to Paph. burbigerum. The color and stripes on the petal and dorsal sepal is different from them. This new species was described by Mr. Olaf Gruss and Dr. Holger Perner in the Italian journal CAESIANA.

Paph. tranlienianum
This is named in honor of Mr. Tran Ngo Lien.

The staminode and the lines on petal of Paph. tranlienianum


This is the photo of Paph. tranlimianum that have sent from JAVECO, Ha Noi. WE can identify the difference between this species and burbigerum. As I have never seen the true plants and flower, I can not say in detail. But some features like the color is different from the recorded flower as above. The have many varieties, may be.

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