Cypripedium candidum Muhl. ex Willd.

Small white lady's slipper (en), Cypripède blanc (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Cypripedium

Characteristics

Plants erect, 11–40 cm. Leaves 3–4(–5), on proximal or middle portion of stem, alternate, erect-ascending; blade lanceolate or elliptic to oblanceolate, 7–20 × 0.9–5.3 cm. Flowers 1(–2); sepals green to pale brownish yellow, usually spotted and striped with reddish brown or madder; dorsal sepal ovate to ovate-lance-acuminate, 15–35 × 7–13 mm; lateral sepals connate; synsepal 13–35 × 7–15 mm; petals spreading to somewhat deflexed, same color as sepals, spirally twisted or spiral-undulate, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 23–46 × 3–5 mm; lip white, obovoid or oblance-ovoid to oblance-fusiform, 17–27 mm; orifice basal, 10–15 mm; staminode lanceoloid or oblong-lanceoloid to ellipsoid. 2n = 20.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.11 - 0.4
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Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity 5-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

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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 candidum world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Canada, Micronesia (Federated States of), and United States of America

Conservation status

Cypripedium candidum threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:75351-2
WFO ID wfo-0000935225
COL ID 33J4L
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Calceolus candidus Cypripedium candidum