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Cypripedium macranthos is a species in the genus Cypripedium.
Description[]
Plant blooms from spring to early summer with one to two 7.5cm flowers.
Distribution[]
Plants are found in damp meadows and forest in Middle and Eastern Russia, Siberia, Korea, and Taiwan, China at elevations of 0 to 2400 meters.
Culture[]
Grow in partial shade in cool temperatures. Potting mix should have a pH between 6 and 7. Plants can be potted in full gravel or a well drain mix which does not retain water.
Variants[]
Naming[]
Common Names: The Large Flowered Cypripedium
Synonym[]
- Cypripedium macranthos nothof. alboroseum Aver. 1999
- Cypripedium macranthos nothof. albostriatum Aver. 1999
- Cypripedium macranthos nothof. flavoroseum Aver. 1999
- Cypripedium macranthos var. atropurpureum Aver. 1999
- Cypripedium macranthos var. flavum in ?
- Cypripedium macranthos var. ventricosum (Sw.) Hook.f. 1890
- Cypripedium speciosum Rolfe 1911
- Cypripedium thunbergii Blume 1859
- Cypripedium ventricosum Sw.
- Sacodon macranthon (Sw.) Raf.
- Sacodon ventricosum Raf. 1836
Resources[]
Bumblebee pollination of Cypripedium macranthos var. rebunense (Orchidaceae); a possible case of floral mimicry of Pedicularis schistostegia (Orobanchaceae)
Cypripediquinone; A a new phenanthraquinone from Cypripedium macranthum