Paphiopedilum ooii
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| Paphiopedilum ooii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cypripedioideae |
| Genus: | Paphiopedilum |
| Species: | P. ooii |
| Binomial name | |
| Paphiopedilum ooii Koop. (1999) | |
Paphiopedilum ooii is a species of slipper orchid native to Mount Kinabalu on Borneo. It is named after Michael Ooi, a slipper orchid enthusiast from Malaysia.[2]
P. ooii is known as an obligate ultramafic species.[3] Its flowers are 3 centimetres (1.2 in) wide, large sized, with warm to cool growing, and grows on terrestrial or lithophyte on rocks with 6–8 leaves that are characterised as suberect, oblong-lanceolate, rounded, and dark green in color. The species blooms in 4 to 12 flowered inflorescence in the winter characterized as terminal, erect, and arcuate, with length spanning to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft). It is similar morphologically to P. kolopakingii, but can be distinguished by its shorter and ovate dorsal sepal, spirally twisted petals, a shorter lip and a white staminode with a less hairy margin.[2]