Paphiopedilum druryi
A plain-green-leaved slipper orchid endemic to the Agasthyamalai hills at the southern tip of the Western Ghats in India, the only Paphiopedilum of southern India. It bears a single yellow-green flower with bold dark stripes in May and June. It is critically threatened after its wild colonies were stripped by collectors, so grow only artificially propagated plants.
Where it grows wild
Published accounts we could access say only that it grows in the valleys of the Agasthyamalai and Cardamom Hills. Like its plain-leaved relatives in the same section, it is a terrestrial plant of humus pockets and grassy or rocky slopes, but detailed habitat descriptions were not available to us.
The sources we could open give no elevation. The Agasthyamalai massif rises to 1,869 m, and the forested hill slopes around it lie at roughly 700–1,500 m.
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