Cypripedium tibeticum
species of plant
Cypripedium tibeticum is a species of slipper orchid in the section Cypripedium in the subsec. Macrantha It is native to Bhutan, Sikkim, and Western China (Gansu, Guizhou, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan).
Description
C. tibeticum reaches a height of 13-35 cm. Its leaves are 3, 7-15 cm by 3.3-7.2 cm and are glabrous (lacking hairs) on both surfaces except towards the tips. Each inflorescence carries one flower, produced usually before the leaves have fully developed, and the bract sheathing the pedicel is 5–10.5 cm long. The flower is sub-nodding and very variable in colour from deep maroon to pink. The ovary is glabrous or rarely slightly pubescent or papillose towards the apex, 2–3.2 cm long. The sepals are 3–5.2 cm by 1.8-3 cm, and the petals are 3.6-6 cm by 1.4-2.5 cm. The pouched labellum is 3.5-6 cm long and wide, and the margins of the mouth are crimped all around, the outer surface usually wrinkled. Flowering occurs from May to July.
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