Paphiopedilum insigne
SPECIES
This is a small to medium sized, cool growing humus epiphytic species growing on limestone outcroppings at an elevation of 1000 to 2000 meters in India, Bangladesh and Nepal with 5 to 6 strap-shaped, clear green, minutely bilobed apically leaves that flowers in the late fall and winter on a terminal, erect, to 12" [30 cm] long, one and occasionally 2 flowered, dark green brown, purple-pubescent inflorescence that has an ovate, pubescent, glabrous floral bract and does not need a winter rest.
This species has been used extensively in hybridizing.