Phragmipedium schlimii (Lindl. & Rchb.f.) Rolfe

Medium sized terrestrial. Leaves 4?8, strap-like, to 35 cm long, to 3 cm wide, dark green. Flowers 5?10, to 6 cm wide, white with pink suffusions; summer. Labellum ovate, concave. Lateral sepals slightly wider than dorsal. Petals elliptic, slightly longer than sepals, spreading. Labellum pink, pouched, inflated.

Colombia.

Source: Jeanes, J. (2005). Orchidaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Lilianae
order      Asparagales
family       Orchidaceae
genus        Phragmipedium (Pfitzer) Rolfe