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Asian Slipper Orchids
Asian Slipper Orchids
Paphiopedilum
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical rainforest
Range
Southeast Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Uncommon

About

Asian Slipper Orchids are small, terrestrial orchids that grow in tropical regions of Southeast Asia. They have a distinctive slipper-shaped lip and a short stem that is covered in a thin, velvety coat of fine, white hairs.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Paphiopedilum