Cypripedium yatabeanum




Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Cypripedioideae (also placed in Cypripediaceae)
Tribe Cypripedieae
Subtribe Cypripediinae
Scientific name Cypripedium yatabeanum Makino
Synonyms Cypripedium guttatum Swartz subsp. yatabeanum (Makino) Hultén; Cypripedium guttatum Swartz var. yatabeanum (Makino) Pfitzer
Common name (Japanese common name) kibana-no-atsumori-so (キバナノアツモリソウ, 黄花敦盛草 [meaning: yellow flower atsumori-sou (atsumori-sou = Cypripedium macranthos)])
(English common name) Spotted lady's-slipper
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Central Region)
(Other nations) Russia (Kamchatka), USA (Alaska)
Habitat Alpine or subalpine mountane field
Chromosomal number 2n=20
Description Plants 10-20cm tall. Leaves 7-15cm long. Flowers 3-4cm long, flowering in June to July. Terrestrial. Perennial plants.
Reference Cypripedium yatabeanum Makino
Cypripedium yatabeanum Makino
Cypripedium yatabeanum Makino
Cypripedium yatabeanum Makino 1899
Cypripedium guttatum Swartz
Pollination of a slippery lady slipper orchid in south-west China: Cypripedium guttatum (Orchidaceae)
Note Rare species



(alba form) (alba form)
June 2012
at a nursery
June 2012
at a nursery