Cypripedium tibeticum

Tibet Lady's Slipper ( Cypripedium tibeticum )

The Tibet Lady's Slipper ( Cypripedium tibeticum ) is a species of the genus Cypripedium in the orchid family ( Orchidaceae).

Features

The Tibetan Women's Shoe is a perennial plant with a short, thick rhizome, achieved the stature heights 13-35 inches. The stem is sometimes hairy only in the upper part, otherwise bare. He usually carries three, rarely two or four leaves. These are oval, pointed or blunt ending, 8-16 × 3-9 inches tall. The inflorescence consists of a single flower. The support sheet is oval to broad - lanceolate, 6-11 × 2-5 cm tall, pointed extended. Pedicel and ovary are usually not hairy. The tepals are distinctly annoying network, drawn dark on a light background. The lip is dark purple, slightly wrinkled. DasStaminodium is oblong - oval.

Bloom time is from May to August, the leaves are in the heyday not yet fully developed.

Occurrence

The Tibetan Women's shoe comes in Sikkim, Bhutan and China before meadows in coniferous and mixed forest edges, in rubble hallways and Kalkfelsleisten at altitudes 2300-4200 meters.

Use

The Tibetan Women's Shoe is rarely used as an ornamental plant for groups of trees.

Documents

• Corner Hardt J. Hunter, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd Müller K. (ed.): Rothmaler Exkursionsflora of Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8.
• Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven (eds.): Orchidaceae ( Draft). In: Flora of China. 25 Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis 1994 ( Flora of China, accessed on 20/01/2009 ).