Paphiopedilum liemianum (Fowlie) Karasawa & Saito
- Described: Fowlie in Orchid Digest, 33(2): 55 (1971), based on material collected on Gunung Sinabung in northern Sumatra
- Transferred: Karasawa & Saito in Bulletin of the Hiroshima Botanical Garden, 5: 57 (1982)
- Etymology: Named for Liem Khe Wie (A. Kolopaking), who sent the first specimen to Fowlie.
- Varieties & Forms: none
- Synonyms: none
- Chromosome Count -
| 2n = |
metacentrics |
telocentrics |
n.f. |
| 32 |
18 |
14 |
50 |
Plant Habit
- Leaves: 4-7, 16-24 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, below purple-spotted, entire margins ciliate. Fowlie (1985) described 4 types of leaf patterns among a colony growing side-by-side: (i) glossy green, (ii) distinctly but lightly mottled (most common), (iii) bright green and highly mottled, and (iv) mottled glossy darker green
- Inflorescence: several-flowered, opening sequentially, internodes ~3 cm long, purple, finely pubescent
- Bloom: 8-11 cm wide
Habitat Data
- Distribution -
- Elevation: 600-1100 m
- Peak Flowering in the Wild (first flower on the spike): June-July
- Ecology: found on limestone cliffs near waterfalls, occasionaly found on the roots of trees
- Mean Temperature Range: 20-22°C
- Light: moderate shade
- Medium: calcareous, mosses
- Water (D-drier, M-moderate, W-wetter) -
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Notes:
- Fowlie (1985) described a colony of Paph. liemianum growing within arms reach of a colony of Paph. tonsum: "One wonders if the mottled foliage found in some examples of P. liemianum may have arisen from the occasional introduction of P. tonsum genes."
Sources:
- Atwood, J.T. Jr. "The Relationships of the Slipper Orchids (Subfamily Cypripedioideae, Orchidaceae)." Selbyana 7, no. 2/4 (Aug 1984): 129-247.
- Braem, Guido J., and Guy Chiron. Paphiopedilum. Saint-Genis Laval, France: Tropicalia, 2003.
- Cribb, Phillip J. The Genus Paphiopedilum. Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia: Natural History Publications in association with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1998.
- Fowlie, J.A. "Malaya Revisited. XXVIII. Paphiopedilum liemianum and Paphiopedilum tonsum on a Limestone Ridge in Northern Sumatra." Orchid Digest 49, no. 3 (May/June 1985): 85-90.
- Karasawa, K. "Karyomorphological Studies in Paphiopedilum, Orchidaceae." Bulletin of the Hiroshima Botanical Garden 2 (Mar 1979): 1979.
Primary Hybrids
| Paph. liemianum x |
Hybrid |
| armeniacum |
Wilfred Fourman |
| delenatii |
Annabellchen |
| malipoense |
Thomas Fourman |
| micranthum |
Brecko Bubble |
| bellatulum |
Edward George Kubista |
| concolor |
Conliem |
| godefroyae |
Iluka Ruby |
| charlesworthii |
Paige Amorteguy |
| henryanum |
Limidolli |
| hirsutissimum |
Chu Chu |
| hennisianum |
Kathy |
| glanduliferum |
Herbert Bernhart |
| haynaldianum |
Charlene |
| kolopakingii |
Sabine Krauss |
| lowii |
Song of Love |
| parishii |
Wössner Liemipar |
| philippinense |
Jolly Holiday |
| rothschildianum |
Transdoll |
| sanderianum |
Memoria Doctor Fowlie |
| stonei |
Tsurugamine |
| supardii |
Jean Briois |
| wilhelminiae |
Lyro Williem |
| chamberlainianum |
Salvadore Dali |
| glaucophyllum |
Glaucoliem |
| primulinum |
Sandy's Prime Lime |
| victoria-mariae |
Hikoshichi Aoki |
| victoria-reginae |
Natasha Von Fox |
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