Cypripedium ludlowii P.J.Cribb

Ludlow's cypripedium (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Cypripedium

Characteristics

Plants 25-38 cm tall. Stem erect, glabrous, with several sheaths at base and 3 leaves above. Leaf blade elliptic-ovate or elliptic, 6-13 × 3.6-7.5 cm, both surfaces sparsely pubescent on veins, occasionally with glandular hairs toward apex and base, apex acuminate or acute. Inflorescence terminal, with 1 flower; floral bracts ovate or ovate-elliptic, 6-8 × 3-4 cm, sparsely pubescent, apex acuminate or acute; pedicel and ovary 3.5-4.1 cm, occasionally with glandular hairs toward apex. Flower greenish yellow. Dorsal sepal ovate-elliptic, 3.3-3.8 × 1.5-1.7 cm, apex acuminate; synsepal ovate to lanceolate, 3.3-3.8 × 1.2-1.5 cm, apex shallowly 2-lobed. Petals not twisted, obliquely lanceolate, 3-4 × 0.9-1.2 cm, adaxial base pubescent, margin slightly undulate, apex acuminate; lip pouched, subellipsoid, 3-3.6 cm, inner bottom hairy; incurved lateral lobes to 1 cm wide. Staminode subovate-oblong, ca. 1 cm, with a longitudinal groove centrally, glabrous. Fl. unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.38
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Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
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Distribution

Cypripedium ludlowii world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Cypripedium ludlowii threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1000008-1
WFO ID wfo-0000935485
COL ID 33J6K
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Synonyms

Cypripedium ludlowii Cypripedium tibeticum subsp. ludlowii