Cypripedium sichuanense Perner 2002 SECTION Trigonopedia
Plant and Flower in situ China
Photos by Ernst Gügel ©
Common Name or Meaning The Sichuan Cypripedium [A Province of China] - In China Si Chuan Shao Lan
Flower Size 1 1/2 to 1 3/4" [3.8 to 4.5 cm]
Found in Sichuan province of China in bamboo and deciduous thickets in humus rich soils at elevations around 2380 meters as a small sized, cold growing terrestrial needing humid cold summers with an erect, glabrous stem enveloped by a single sheath and carrying broadly elliptic to suborbicular, plicate, light green, red spotted, obtuse leaves that blooms in the spring on a terminal, erect, 2" [5 cm] long, short, single flowered inflorescence with no floral bract.
Synonyms Cypripedium margaritaceum subsp. sichuanense (Perner) Eccarius 2009
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 # 12 2006 photo fide; Orchids of Huanglong Perner, Tang Si-Yuan 2007 photos fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 78 No 5 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Orchid Digest Vol 83 #2 2019 photo fide;
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