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Thai Plant Names
The database includes the Thai plant names-botanical names covering about 70 percent of vascular plants known from Thailand based on the book "Thai Plant Names" by Tem Smitinand (revised edition 2001).
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Paphiopedilum appletonianum (Gower) Rolfe
Terrestrial orchid; inflorescences 1-flowered; petals purple-pink, greenish below with brownish red spots on upper part, 4.4-5.8 cm long, slightly twisted; labellum with oblique dentate apex; staminode tridentate at apex. Distributed in China (Hainan), Indochina and southeastern Thailand, in shaded evergreen forest, near to streams, 600-700 m.