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| | Paphiopedilum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Most naturally occur among humus layers as terrestrials on the forest floor, while a few are true epiphytes and some are lithophytes. |
 | | Along with Phragmipedium, Cypripedium, Mexipedium, and Selenipedium, the genus is a member of the subfamily Cypripedioideae, commonly referred to as the Lady’s or Venus’ Slipper Orchids, so named from the unusual shape of the pouch (labellum) of the flower, which was said to resemble a lady’s slipper. |
 | | The pouch functions by trapping insects so that they are forced to climb up past the staminode, behind which they collect or deposit pollinia. |
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