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 |