Cypripedium californicum A.Gray

California lady's slipper (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Cypripedium

Characteristics

Plants erect, 25–120 cm. Leaves 5–10, along length of stem, alternate, ascending to spreading; blade elliptic-lanceolate to broadly elliptic, 5–16 × 1.5–6.5 cm. Flowers 3–18(–22); sepals yellow-green to pale brownish yellow; dorsal sepal elliptic, 14–20 × 7–13 mm; lateral sepals connate almost to apex; synsepal 12–20 × 10–12 mm; petals spreading, same color as sepals or more yellowish, linear-oblong to linear-lanceolate, flat, 14–16 × 3–5 mm; lip white, sometimes pinkish, obovoid, 15–20 mm; orifice basal, 11–14 mm; staminode suborbicular-subauriform.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 1.2
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Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity 5-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-7

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Cultivation

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

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Distribution

Cypripedium californicum world distribution map, present in United States of America

Conservation status

Cypripedium californicum threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:625638-1
WFO ID wfo-0000935215
COL ID 33J4H
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Synonyms

Cypripedium californicum