Paphiopedilum ooii

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'''''Paphiopedilum ooii''''' is a species of [[slipper orchid]] native to [[Mount Kinabalu]] on [[Borneo]]. It is named after Michael Ooi, a slipper orchid enthusiast from [[Malaysia]]. The plant blooms in the spring to early summer with a spike that can reach up to 2 meters and produce up to 17 flowers.

'''''Paphiopedilum ooii''''' is a species of [[slipper orchid]] native to [[Mount Kinabalu]] on [[Borneo]]. It is named after Michael Ooi, a slipper orchid enthusiast from [[Malaysia]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Paphiopedilum ooii Koop. 1999 Sugenus Polyantha Section Mastigopetalum |url=https://www.orchidspecies.com/paphooii.htm |website=orchidspecies.com}}</ref>

== Description ==

''P. ooii'' is known as an obligate [[Ultramafic rock|ultramafic]] species.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=van der Ent |first=Antony |last2=van Vugt |first2=Rogier |last3=Wellinga |first3=Simon |date=2015 |title=Ecology of Paphiopedilum rothschildianum at the type locality in Kinabalu Park (Sabah, Malaysia) |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-015-0881-0 |journal=Biodiversity and Conservation |volume=24 |pages=1641–1656}}</ref> Its flowers are {{Convert|3|cm|in}} wide, large sized, with warm to cool growing, and grows on terrestrial or lithophyte on rocks with 6–8 leaves that are characterised as suberect, oblong-lanceolate, rounded, and dark green in color. The species blooms in 4 to 12 flowered [[inflorescence]] in the winter characterized as terminal, erect, and arcuate, with length spanning to {{Convert|1.5|m|ft}}. It is similar morphologically to ''[[Paphiopedilum kolopakingii|P. kolopakingii]]'', but can be distinguished by its shorter and ovate dorsal sepal, spirally twisted petals, a shorter lip and a white staminode with a less hairy margin.<ref name=":0" />

== Distribution and habitat ==

== Distribution and habitat ==

''Paphiopedilum ooii'' is found in a single location on Mount Kinabalu on the island of Borneo, in [[Sabah]] state of [[Malaysia]]. It is often a [[lithophyte]] growing on cliff faces, or on rocky serpentine slopes among moss and leaf litter, from 600 to 1,100 metres elevation.<ref name = iucn/> The area is subjected to heavy rain from fall to early spring. The area is rarely dry and usually very foggy.

''Paphiopedilum ooii'' is found in a single location on Mount Kinabalu on the island of Borneo, in [[Sabah]] state of [[Malaysia]]. It is often a [[lithophyte]] growing on on rocks, cracks and crevices in cliffs near rivers and slopes of eroded serpentine, within altitudes of {{Convert|600-1100|m|ft}} and {{Convert|1500-1600|m|ft}}<ref name=":1" /> above sea level.<ref name = iucn/>

==Conservation==

==Conservation==

The known population is very small, estimated at 40 individuals. It is threatened with [[habitat loss]] from human activities and from commercial collecting. Its population is declining, and its conservation status is assessed as [[Critically-endangered species|Critically Endangered]].<ref name = iucn/>

The known population is very small, only comprising of a single location in [[Kinabalu Park]],<ref name=":1" /> estimated at 40 individuals. It is threatened with [[habitat loss]] from human activities and from commercial collecting. Its population is declining, and its conservation status is assessed as [[Critically-endangered species|Critically Endangered]].<ref name = iucn/> By 2015, the single population was recorded to be disappeared due to illegal poaching.<ref name=":1" />

== Culture ==

Keep in moderate shade to bright light with intermediate to warm temperature from 60F to 86F. Use an open mix and keep humidity high from about 70 to 85%. Water heavily during the fall to spring.

== References ==

== References ==

[[Category:Endemic orchids of Malaysia]]

[[Category:Endemic orchids of Malaysia]]

[[Category:Flora of Mount Kinabalu]]

[[Category:Flora of Mount Kinabalu]]

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