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Author Topic: cypripedium ID?  (Read 498 times)

pontus

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cypripedium ID?
« on: May 22, 2014, 02:34:11 PM »
Could someone please help me ID this highly scented green and yellow cypripedium which appeared as a nice surprise in a pot of cypripedium calceolus?

thank you :)

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Re: cypripedium ID?
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2014, 06:01:18 PM »
you may be very lucky and have the flavum form of cyp calceolus!
I don't know any true alba green cyps that look like that.
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pontus

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Re: cypripedium ID?
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2014, 07:04:41 PM »
that would be amazing! :)

the closest I got myself in guessing was cordigerum, but I grow cordigerum, which flowers in late june/early july here, and has a white lip with green petals, and not a yellow green lip... but cordigerum is also highly scented..

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Re: cypripedium ID?
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2014, 08:53:00 AM »
I'm by no means a Cyp expert, but I was thinking henryi at first..  :P
 calceolus var flavum  does seem more likely
« Last Edit: May 23, 2014, 09:04:23 AM by reifuan »

Anthony Darby

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Re: cypripedium ID?
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2014, 03:54:16 AM »
I think the shape of the flower isn't quite right.
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