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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: pontus on May 22, 2014, 02:34:11 PM

Title: cypripedium ID?
Post by: pontus 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 :)

Pontus

Title: Re: cypripedium ID?
Post by: monocotman 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.
David

Title: Re: cypripedium ID?
Post by: pontus 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..

Title: Re: cypripedium ID?
Post by: reifuan 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

Title: Re: cypripedium ID?
Post by: Anthony Darby on May 24, 2014, 03:54:16 AM

I think the shape of the flower isn't quite right.