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Phragmipedium besseae
	Photographed in southern Ecuador
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Cypripedioideae
Genus:	Phragmipedium
Species:	P. besseae
Binomial name
	Phragmipedium besseae; Dodson & J.Kuhn
Synonyms
	Paphiopedilum besseae V.A.Albert & Börge Pett;

Phragmipedium besseae is a species of orchid in the genus Phragmipedium. It is a terrestrial plant native to the wet montane forests on the eastern slope of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.^[2]

Description

It has 13–30 cm long, 2–5 cm wide, dull green, keeled leaves. The inflorescence is 1-6 flowered, opening sequentially, up to 50 cm long, brown, pilose. It has flowers 6–9 cm wide, 11⁄2 to 21⁄2" (4 to 6.5 cm), pouch with translucent windows. Phragmipedium besseae produces long rhizomes.^[3]

References

^ Rankou,H. (2016)"Phragmipedium besseae". In IUCN 2014. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.1.
^ The Gore Orchid Conservatory http://www.goreorchidconservatory.com/SpecPgs/Phrag-besseae.html Archived 2010-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
^ Slipperfreak 2007 Phragmipedium besseae http://www.orchidboard.com/node/122 Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Rankou,H. (2016)"Phragmipedium besseae". In IUCN 2014. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.1.

[Growing_tips-2] The Gore Orchid Conservatory http://www.goreorchidconservatory.com/SpecPgs/Phrag-besseae.html Archived 2010-06-30 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Slipperfreak 2007 Phragmipedium besseae http://www.orchidboard.com/node/122 Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine

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