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Cypripedium candidum (white lady's slipper)

Synonyms: Calceolus candidus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Cypripedium dickinsonianum is a species of orchid named Dickinson's lady's slipper or Dickinson's cypripedium after American orchidist Stirling Dickinson. It ranges from Southern Chiapas State, Mexico into Guatemala inhabiting open grassy slopes with shallow seeps on south facing hills in Juniper woodlands at elevations of 1,000 to 1,450 meters. It is a small puberulent orchid with only cauline leaves in an upright stem, which are clasping, elliptic to lanceolate, parallel-veined and plicate. The plant begins to bloom at 20 to 25 cm tall and may reach 42 cm. The plant may be colonial, propagating through rhizomes, but is often seen as a single stem.
View Wikipedia Record: Cypripedium candidum

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Cypripedium candidum

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Herb

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0