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Franchet's Cypripedium

Cypripedium franchetii

Franchet's Cypripedium
Photo: Roberto Takase, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Part shade
Native range
C. China (to W. Henan)
Climate
temperate

About

Cypripedium franchetii is a species of orchid endemic to China. It is known from the provinces Chongqing, Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Sichuan.

This species occurs in several habitat types, including open woods, scrub, and forest, growing in shade and partial shade.

Other Cypripedium plants

Pink lady's slipper · Ram's head lady's slipper · Lady's-slipper orchid · California lady's slipper · White lady's-slipper · Dickinson's lady's slipper · Elegant Cypripedium · Clustered lady's slipper · Yellow Cypripedium · Formosa's lady's slipper · Spotted lady's slipper · Henry's Cypripedium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cypripedium franchetii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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