inflorescence and 7.7 cm. (3 inches) natural spread.
sources report that plants are found in mixed, mountain forests at 3300-4900 ft. (1000-1500 m). However, the late Dr.
Jack Fowlie found plants at 1800-2800 ft. (600-900 m) on east-facing slopes on each side of saddles or mountain
passes between steep-sided, round-top mountains. Moist air is funneled through these saddles, and additional moisture
is available from mist and condensation, and during the dry season, clouds are formed on the southeast slopes of the
mountains and forced through the saddles. Paphiopedilum micranthum grows in soil made up of clay and deteriorated
limestone which is packed into cracks and fissures in the rock. In Vietnam, plants are found in the northeastern
Province of Cao Bang. Plants usually grow as lithophytes of terrestrials on very steep rocky slopes in mossy, primary
forests of semideciduous, mixed, and coniferous trees growing in areas of weathered limestone at 1950-4900 ft. (600-
1500 m). -- Source: Charles Baker
light conditions.
75°F at night.