Cypripedium shanxiense S.C.Chen 1983 SECTION Cypripedium SUBSECTION Cypripedium
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Photo by © Yuzawa Alpine Plant Nursery and their Alpine Plant Website
EARLY
Common Name or Meaning The Shanxi Cypripedium- In China Shan Xi Shao Lan
Flower Size 2.8" [7 cm]
Found in Shanxi, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China, Japan and in forests or on grassy slopes at elevations of 1100 to 2500 meters as a medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with an erect, pubescent and glandular hairy stem provided with several basal sheaths and carrying 3 to 4, elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, slightly pubescent to glabrous at the dorsal base, acuminate leaves that blooms in the spring and early summer on an erect, terminal, pubescent and glandular hairy, 1 to rarely 3 flowered inflorescence with leaf-like, pilose veined, longer than the ovary floral bracts
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 65 No 11 1996 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000; Orchid Digest Vol 65 #3 2001 Photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 76 No 9 2007 photo fide; Orchids of Huanglong Perner, Tang Si-Yuan 2007 photos fide; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide;
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