Cypripedium calceolus
Cypripedium calceolus (Orchidaceae) 160 22
Cypripedium calceolus is a lady's-slipper orchid and the type species of the genus Cypripedium.
It has a widespread distribution from Europe east through Asia from Spain to the Pacific, including almost every country in Europe plus Russia (European Russia, Siberia, and the Russian Far East), northeastern China, Mongolia, Korea, and Rebun Island in Japan.
It is typically found in open woodland on moist calcareous soils. It is also growing in the decomposed humus of semi-shaded woodland covered with limestone in continental Europe.
This is the largest orchid species in Europe, growing to 60 cm tall with flowers as wide as 9 cm. Before its flowers, it is distinguished from other orchids by the large size and width of its ovate leaves which like other orchids exhibit parallel venation.
Each shoot has up to four leaves and a small number (1-2) of flowers, which have long often twisted petals varying from red-brown to black (rarely green) and a slipper-shaped yellow labellum, within which red dots are visible.
Source: Wikipedia.
Cypripedium calceolus
Cypripedium calceolus (Orchidaceae) 160 22
Cypripedium calceolus is a lady's-slipper orchid and the type species of the genus Cypripedium.
It has a widespread distribution from Europe east through Asia from Spain to the Pacific, including almost every country in Europe plus Russia (European Russia, Siberia, and the Russian Far East), northeastern China, Mongolia, Korea, and Rebun Island in Japan.
It is typically found in open woodland on moist calcareous soils. It is also growing in the decomposed humus of semi-shaded woodland covered with limestone in continental Europe.
This is the largest orchid species in Europe, growing to 60 cm tall with flowers as wide as 9 cm. Before its flowers, it is distinguished from other orchids by the large size and width of its ovate leaves which like other orchids exhibit parallel venation.
Each shoot has up to four leaves and a small number (1-2) of flowers, which have long often twisted petals varying from red-brown to black (rarely green) and a slipper-shaped yellow labellum, within which red dots are visible.
Source: Wikipedia.