Cypripedium ludlowii P.J.Cribb 1997 SECTION Cypripedium SUBSECTION Macrantha
Photo by Jin Xiaohua
Drawing by © Eleanor Catherine And Flora of China Website
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Common Name or Meaning Ludlow's Cypripedium - In China Bo Mi Shao Lan
Flower Size 3.2" [8 cm]
Found in southeastern Xizang province of China in forests in moist areas at elevations around 4300 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with an erect, glabrous stem provided with several basal sheaths and carrying 3, elliptic-ovate to elliptic, sparsely pubescent on veins, glandular hairy towards the apex and base, acuminate to acute apically leaves that blooms on a terminal, erect, single flowered inflorescence with ovate to ovate-elliptic, sparsely pubescent acute to acuminate, almost twice as long as the ovary floral bracts.
Synonyms Cypripedium tibeticum subsp. ludlowii (P.J.Cribb) Eccarius 2009
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000; AOS Bulletin Vol 76 #11 2007 specimen fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide
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