Phragmipedium Section Phragmipedium: The Long-Petaled Tropical American Lady's-Slipper Orchids

摘要

THE FIRST EUROPEAN BOTANISTS to see Phragmipedium caudatum were the Spaniards Hipolito Ruiz and Jose Pavon during their journey to Peru in the late 18th century. According to their notes and diaries, they observed populations of Phrag. caudatum aroundTarma, at Cuchero and Mufia; there is a specimen collected at Pillao in their herbarium. While the expedition was in Mufia in 1786, Ruiz prepared a description of the plant using the name Cypripedium grandiflorum but this name was never published. The illustrator Jose Brunete painted the first botanical illustration of Phrag. caudatum while in Mufia.