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Cypripedium henryi
Also called Henry's Lady's Slipper
Henry's Lady's Slipper is a terrestrial orchid from central and southwest China, growing in humus-rich soil in forest margins and scrub at 800 to 2,800 m. It is a hardy, rhizomatous plant best grown in cool, shaded, consistently moist and well-drained woodland conditions, and is rarely cultivated.
Cypripedium henryi, Henry's cypripedium, is a species of orchid endemic to China. It is found in southern Gansu, Guizhou, western Hubei, southern Shaanxi, southern Shanxi, Sichuan, and northwestern to southeastern Yunnan. It grown in humus-rich places in open forests, at forest margins, or on scrubby slopes at elevations of 800–2,800 m (2,600–9,200 ft) above sea level.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cypripedium henryi by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
