Phragmipedium besseae

Phragmipedium besseae
Photographed in southern Ecuador
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

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