Paphiopedilum rungsuriyanum
A miniature slipper orchid from Laos, described in 2014 after it first reached the trade in smuggled plants labelled P. canhii. It has tessellated leaves only a few centimetres long and a relatively large pink, maroon and green flower. It is placed with P. canhii in section Laosianum. Its wild habitat is not published in the sources found, so its care is inferred from P. canhii, a limestone species of montane northern Indochina.
Where it grows wild
No habitat description was found for this species. Its closest relative, P. canhii, grows on rocky limestone at about 1,500 m in northern Vietnam, Laos and south-east Yunnan. A similar habitat of humus pockets on shaded limestone in montane forest is assumed here, but it is unconfirmed.
Unknown for this species. Its relative P. canhii grows at about 1,500 m, which suggests a cool montane habitat.
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