Paphiopedilum victoria-regina
A multifloral slipper orchid from the Barisan mountains of western Sumatra that opens its flowers one after another from a slowly lengthening spike, so a single inflorescence can stay in bloom for many months. It belongs to the sequentially flowering group (section Cochlopetalum) with P. primulinum and P. glaucophyllum, and is listed as Vulnerable. Wild data are scarce, so the growing advice below is based on its mountain rainforest setting and on how its close relatives behave.
Where it grows wild
It grows in rainforest in the mountains of western Sumatra. One wild herbarium record comes from the Barisan Range near Air Sirah, on the watershed above Padang. Like its close relatives it grows on the ground, rooting into humus and moss on steep slopes and banks, under broken forest cover rather than deep shade.
Specimen labels give no elevation. The Barisan ridges above Padang lie at about 1,000-1,600 m, and that is the most likely range, but it has not been confirmed from a source.
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