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Phragmipedium caudatum is a species of Phragmipedium.
Description[]
Plant usually blooms from winter to summer with three to six 75 cm long flower.
Distribution[]
Plants are found growing in Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela at elevations of 800 to 2500 meters
Culture[]
Plants grow in cool to warm areas with bright indirect sunlight. Plants should be watered with clean water and keep potting media wet. Plants can tolerate lots of water as long as media remains fresh. Plants are sensitive to salts. Keep fertilizers to a minimum as plants are light feeders. Plant in a mix with good air circulation. Plants can be grown in a mix of sphagnum moss, charcoal and perlite or medium fir bark with perlite.
Variants[]
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Phragmipedium caudatum var. giganteum | Sepals and petals are white with green lines. Lip is yellow. |
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Phragmipedium caudatum var. sanderae | Sepals and petals are white with green stripes. Lips are light yellow |
Naming[]
Common Names:The Tailed Phragmipedium refers to the long petals
Synonyms[]
- *Cypripedium caudatum Lindley 1840
- Cypripedium caudatum var. roseum hort.
- Cypripedium elatum Poit. ex Perr. 1825
- Cypripedium humboldti Rchb.f 1852
- Paphiopedilum caudatum [Lindley] Pfitz. 1880
- Phragmipedium humboldtii (Warsz. ex Rchb.f.) J.T.Atwood & Dressler 1998 publ. 1999
- Phragmopedilum caudatum (Lindl.) Pfitzer 1903
- Phragmipedium caudatum f. albertianum (Linden) O.Gruss & M.Wolff 2007
- Phragmipedium caudatum var. warszewiczianum (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer 1903
- Selenipedium caudatum (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1854
- Selenipedium caudatum var. albertianum Linden 1888
- Uropedium lindenii Lindl. 1846