Speckled lady's shoe

Speckled lady's shoe
Speckled lady's slipper ( Cypripedium guttatum )
Systematics
Family : Orchids (orchidaceae) Subfamily : Cypripedioideae Tribe : Cypripedieae Sub tribus : Cypripediinae Genre : Cypripedium Type : Speckled lady's shoe
Scientific name
Cypripedium guttatum
Sw.

The speckled lady's slipper ( Cypripedium guttatum ) is a species of the genus Cypripedium in the orchid family (Orchidaceae).

features

The speckled lady's slipper is a perennial plant with a rhizome that reaches heights of 10 to 38 centimeters. The stem is two-leaved. The leaves are almost opposite and measure 4.5 to 12.5 × 2.5 to 5.5 centimeters. The outer and inner tepals are white and more or less red spotted. The lip is 1.4 to 2.2 inches long and strongly spotted with red to one-sided red.

Flowering time is from April to May.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 20.

Occurrence

The speckled lady's slipper occurs in cool northwestern North America, Eastern Europe, Siberia, Bhutan and southern Tibet in damp to dry fallen leaves and coniferous forests as well as in grass and scree meadows at altitudes up to 4100 meters. The distribution area ranges from European Russia to Korea, includes Japan and extends from Alaska to Yukon.

use

The speckled lady's slipper is rarely used as an ornamental plant in pots, window boxes and groups of trees.

literature

• Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Rothmaler excursion flora from Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Tropicos. [1]
2. ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Cypripedium. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved March 23, 2020.

Web links

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