Cypripedium bardolphianum W.W.Sm. & Farrer

Bardolph's cypripedium (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Plants 8-12 cm tall, with a slender, creeping rhizome. Stem erect, relatively short, 2-3 cm, glabrous, covered by 2 sheaths, with a subopposite leaf and bract at apex. Leaf and bract spreading horizontally or ascending; blade elliptic, 6-7 × 2.5-3 cm, subglabrous, apex obtuse or subacute. Inflorescence terminal, erect, 7-9 cm, with 1 flower, ebracteate; pedicel glabrous, continuously elongating at fruiting; ovary ca. 1 cm, with 3 longitudinal ridges often sparsely pubescent. Flower small; sepals and petals pale green or reddish with brown stripes; lip golden yellow ± with brown markings. Dorsal sepal elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 1.5-2 × 0.7-0.9 cm, glabrous, apex acute; synsepal similar to dorsal sepal, 1.4-1.8 × 0.7-0.9 cm, apex shallowly 2-lobed. Petals oblong-lanceolate, oblique, 1.5-1.8 × 0.5-0.6 cm, glabrous, apex acute, often ± enfolding lip; lip pouched, slightly dorsiventrally compressed, 1.2-1.5 cm, tuberculate on front surface toward mouth. Staminode broadly elliptic-oblong, ca. 6 × 4 mm, minutely papillate. Capsule ellipsoid-oblong, 1.5-1.7 × ca. 1 cm, glabrous. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.08 - 0.12
Root system rhizome
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
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Distribution

Cypripedium bardolphianum world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Cypripedium bardolphianum threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:625611-1
WFO ID wfo-0000935180
COL ID 33J47
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Synonyms

Cypripedium bardolphianum Cypripedium nutans Cypripedium bardolphianum var. bardolphianum