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Paphiopedilum callosum 'Patricia' × self
 
 
 
 
Number: TN5342
Name: Paphiopedilum callosum 'Patricia' × self
Type: self    (What's that?)
Seed Donor: Mr Gareth Wills  (Email: gwills13@bellsouth.net)
 
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Pod Parent Flower
 
 
Culture Notes from Donor: Parent plant: Temperature range I (60-83°F)
 
Comments: Parent plant: Medium-sized plant. An easily grown paph, callosum blooms regularly every spring to early summer. The mottled foliage is always attractive. The plant quickly forms large specimens.
 
For additional origin/habitat information supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker, see further below, near the bottom of this page.

Temperatures we attempt to use in the lab & greenhouse:
For Species:   Spring, Summer, Autumn: days average 84°F, nights 68°F; best fit is Warm-Intermediate 87-64°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)
For Species:   Winter: days average 81°F, nights 49°F; best fit is Cool-Intermediate 75-58°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)

About the name...
Etymology of callosum   From Latin "callosus" callousy, with a callus. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Etymology of Paphiopedilum   From Greek "Paphia" the name of Aphrodite of Cypress; "pedilon", sandal. (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
Pronunciation of callosum   ka-LOW-sum (Source: Hawkes 1978)
Pronunciation of Paphiopedilum   paf-ee-oh-PED-i-lum (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
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Flask Information
Availability: We had yield problems with this item, so we didn't continue flasking it.
You should: See if we have plants available in the greenhouse that came from the discarded flask.
Plantlet Sizes: From many flasks 30 - 50 mm plants (based on flask surveys done 02/16/2007 )
From one most recently surveyed flask 30 - 50 mm (02/16/2007)
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The origin/habitat information below is supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker

The following information is based on the name of the plant provided by the donor, and assumes that the name is correct. If the plant has been misidentified, then the following information may not be correct.
This text is copyrighted by the Bakers and may not be reproduced without permission.

ORIGIN/HABITAT: Central and eastern Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos. Distribution is rather widespread, but plants are most common in Thailand where they grow at 1000-4250 ft. (300-1300 m) in cool, mist shrouded forests. They are usually humus epiphytes with their roots embedded in the moss, detritus, and leaf-mold on the forest floor.
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