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Paphiopedilum primulinum M.W.Wood & P.Taylor

Primrose Yellow Paphiopedilum

Orchidaceae · Sumatera

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Paphiopedilum primulinum, photograph author not stated, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsPaphiopedilum primulinum, photograph Matth, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsPaphiopedilum primulinum, photograph Dalton Holland Baptista, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsPaphiopedilum primulinum, photograph Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsPaphiopedilum primulinum, photograph Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsPaphiopedilum primulinum, photograph Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons 12 photographs ›

Summary

Paphiopedilum primulinum is a species of orchid endemic to Sumatra (southern Aceh). It is endangered and high demand as it is a sequential blooming plant (ever-bloomer). It requires high indirect sunlight and should be water often before the soil dries out.

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Paphiopedilum primulinum", CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cultivation

Nothing derived: no habitat climate for this species.

Climate across the habitat

No habitat climate can be derived: No georeferenced record inside the range.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
No openly licensed record to show inside the range.
NativeSumatera · regions are the level-3 units of the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, as Kew's World Checklist records ranges, some under historical names such as Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia (how).
Kew's description“perennial” · “wet tropical” · quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedNo georeferenced records inside the stated native range.

Photographs

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Photographs: author not stated, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Matth, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Dalton Holland Baptista, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (3).

Other Paphiopedilum 71 in the reference

Paphiopedilum acmodontum Paphiopedilum acmodontum Pointed Tooth Paphiopedilum Photo: CC BY-SA, Dalton Holland BaptistaPaphiopedilum appletonianum Paphiopedilum appletonianum Appleton's Paphiopedilum Photo: CC BY-SA, Dalton Holland BaptistaPaphiopedilum argus Paphiopedilum argus Argus Paphiopedilum Photo: CC BY-SA, Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, DenmarkPaphiopedilum armeniacum Paphiopedilum armeniacum Apricot Orange Paphiopedilum Photo: CC BY-SA, OrchiPaphiopedilum barbatum Paphiopedilum barbatum Bearded Paphiopedilum Photo: CC BY-SA, OrchiPaphiopedilum barbigerum Paphiopedilum barbigerum Beard Carrying Paphiopedilum Photo: CC BY-SA, User:BotBlnPaphiopedilum bellatulum Paphiopedilum bellatulum Enchanting Paphiopedilum Photo: CC BY-SA, OrchiPaphiopedilum bullenianum Paphiopedilum bullenianum Bullen's Paphiopedilum Photo: CC BY-SA, Dalton Holland BaptistaPaphiopedilum callosum Paphiopedilum callosum Callus Paphiopedilum Photo: CC BY, Muhammad HEEMBOOPaphiopedilum canhii Paphiopedilum canhii Canh's Paphiopedilum Photo: CC BY-SA, Phạm văn ThếPaphiopedilum charlesworthii Paphiopedilum charlesworthii Charlesworth Paphiopedilum Photo: CC BY-SA, OrchiPaphiopedilum ciliolare Paphiopedilum ciliolare Short Haired Paphiopedilum Photo: CC BY-SA, Dalton Holland Baptista all 72 ›

Names & registers

Also known as Paphiopedilum chamberlainianum f. primulinum; Paphiopedilum chamberlainianum var. primulinum; Paphiopedilum liemianum var. primulinum; Paphiopedilum victoria-regina subsp. primulinum. (GBIF Backbone)

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The record

Family
Orchidaceae
Described by
M.W.Wood & P.Taylor
Native to
Sumatera
Wild records
none in range

Every figure here is derived from public data by a stated rule and names its source; nothing about this species is written for its page by a person or by AI, apart from the marked, credited quotations. How →

Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
GBIF species record gbif.species answeredasked 2026-10-22
GBIF synonyms gbif.synonyms answeredasked 2026-10-22
GBIF common names gbif.vernacular answeredasked 2026-10-22names fetched 2026-10-22
WCVP native range wcvp.distribution answeredas of 2026-06-04
GBIF occurrence records gbif.occurrences answeredas of 2026-10-21GBIF occurrence download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.hbdw64, of 2026-10-21
Habitat climate climate nothing to reportasked 2026-10-22no georeferenced record inside the range
Wikidata wikidata answeredasked 2026-10-22
Wikipedia wikipedia answeredasked 2026-10-22
iNaturalist photographs, wild inat.photos.wild nothing to reportasked 2026-10-22from iNaturalist's open data of 2026-09-27: research-grade observations with an open-licence photograph, the 24 whose photographs iNaturalist received last (the open data holds no votes); filled 2026-10-22
iNaturalist photographs, cultivated inat.photos.cultivated not asked
GBIF media gbif.media nothing to reportasked 2026-10-22
Wikimedia Commons commons answeredasked 2026-10-22
OpenAlex papers openalex not askednot yet asked for this reference; a later fill takes the papers from OpenAlex's snapshot

Every source is recorded as having answered, reported nothing, refused, failed, not been asked, or answered twice where one answer is taken (“not taken: two items answered”), and, for a source asked when this page was built, when: the figures are as the source held them that day; a source read from a file (Kew's World Checklist, a GBIF download) says "as of" the file's day instead; a row carried from an earlier build of the page names that build instead. Only “nothing to report” is ever shown as an absence.

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