Parvisipalum,cochlopetalum, ect. What do they mean?

[The Orchid Boy]

In learning about paphs I have heard the terms parvisepalum and cochlopetalum and others similar. I know that these somehow classify paphs but I don't understand it all yet.

I know that Paph. delenatii is in the parvisepalum group and Paph. moquettianum is in the cochlopetalum group.

What do these mean and how do you know which paphs belong to which group?
What are all the similar terms to classify paphs?

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Ok I found this site: Phils Orchid World, Pasphiopedilum species, sections and culture
These subgenuses(?) are what I'm talking about:
PARVISEPALUM
BRACHYPETALUM
POLYANTHA
SIGMATOPETALUM
COCHLOPETALUM

So are these just subgenuses used by scientists to classify orchids? How important is it that you know them? Are these all the subgenuses for paphs?

[billc]

They are the subgenus' that the individual species are grouped into.
This may help- Paphiopedilum Data Sheets

Bill

[Discus]

As I understand it, they're somewhat like "Alliances" in that they don't have formal botanical recognition, but group similar plants with similar requirements. Koopowitz's excellent tropical slipper orchids book is more or less organised in this fashion.

It's quite useful to know which section/group it's in to have an idea of what it's flowering will be like (i.e. is it a super-hideous toilet bowl like the parvisepalum, is it multifloral (simultaneous or sequential) along with a good idea of its likely growing/care requirements. I think there are more groups/sections than that, but I can't recall them all off the top of my head.