Object Details
- Description
- This cultivar of an endangered orchid is under threat from many angles. Its native rainforest habitat is being rapidly deforested for settlement, agriculture, logging, and tourism, and the orchid is aggressively collected for horticultural trade. Often, all orchids in a site will be removed, leaving none left to reproduce. Within the last three generations, its population has shrunk by more than 50%.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- January to November; peak in March to May
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2018-1043A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Range
- Indonesia to Malaysia
- Habitat
- Near water in thick moss; 760-1370m
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Low's Paphiopedilum clone
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Cypripedioideae
- Genus
- Paphiopedilum
- Species
- lowii
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2018-1043A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7280f0ece-1752-40ca-9cbc-38568fbe30eb
