Our Cypripedium species

1. Cypripedium calceolus
Origin: Belgium & Germany

2. Cypripedium californicum
Origin: Belgium

3. Cypripedium flavum
Origin: Belgium

4. Cypripedium formosanum
Origin: Belgium

5. Cypripedium guttatum
Origin: Germany

6. Cypripedium kentuckiense
Origin: Belgium & Germany

7. Cypripedium macranthos
Origin: Germany

8. Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum
Origin: Belgium

9. Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens
Origin: Belgium

10. Cypripedium reginae
Origin: Belgium & Germany

11. Cypripedium tibeticum
Origin: Belgium

Our Cypripedium hybrids

1. Cypripedium Aki Frosch®
(C. macranthos x C. pubescens)
Cultivator: Werner Frosch, 1996
Origin: Germany

2. Cypripedium Dietrich
(C. calceolus x C. kentuckiense)
Cultivator: Werner Frosch, 2003
Origin: Germany

3. Cypripedium Gisela Frosch®
(C. parviflorum x C. macranthos)
Cultivator: Werner Frosch, 1992
Origin: Germany

4. Cypripedium Gisela Pastell Frosch®
(C. macranthos x C. parviflorum)
Cultivator: Werner Frosch
Origin: Germany

5. Cypripedium Hank Small Frosch®
(C. parviflorum x C. henryi)
Cultivator: Whitlow, 1991
Origin: Germany

6. Cypripedium Ivory
(C. cordigerum x C. kentuckiense)
Cultivator: Koch, 2008
Origin: Germany

7. Cypripedium Michael Frosch®
(C. macranthos x C. henryi)
Cultivator: Werner Frosch, 1998
Origin: Germany

8. Cypripedium reginae x Cypripedium flavum
Origin: Belgium

9. Cypriperium reginae x Cypripedium kentuckiense
Origin: Belgium

10. Cypripedium Ulla Silkens
(C. reginae x C. flavum)
Cultivator: Malmgren, 1996
Origin: Germany

11. Cypripedium x ventricosum pastell Frosch®
(C. calceolus x C. macranthos)
Cultivator: Swartz, 1800
Origin: Germany

12. Cypripedium Victoria
(C. pubescens x C. fasciolatum)
Cultivator: Corkhill, 2005
Origin: Germany


Cypripedium calceolus
Original book source: Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé ''Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz'' 1885, Gera, Germany

Cypripediums

Cypripedium is a genus of 47 species from the orchid family (Orchidaceae) and the sole genus of the subtribe Cypripediinae.

Distribution

Its members are terrestrial hardy orchids that grow primarily in colder climates of the Northern Hemisphere, in Asia, Europe and North America. Some grow in the tundra in Siberia and Alaska as well as in Nordic Countries, most in Finland and Sweden, which is an unusually cold habitat for orchids. They can withstand extreme cold, growing under the snow and blooming when the snow melts. But, in the wild, most have become rare and close to extinction, due to an ever shrinking natural habitat and overcollection.

Culture

Cypripediums generally grow in partial shade with a humidity of 30 to 70%. Summer temperatures are usually 18° to 25°C while winter temperatures are 10° to -2°C. Most plants must in 4°C for around 3 months in the winter. Plants should have a well ventilated and well drain mix. Common items used for the mix are sand, clay, silt, pumice, gravel, fir bark, lava rocks, pine needles, and perlite. The mixture is dependant on the species.

Species

Cypripedium acaule (Mocassin Flower, Pink Lady's Slipper,Two-leaved Lady's-slipper; C & E Canada, NC & E U.S.A)
Cypripedium agnicapitatum (Manchuria)
Cypripedium arietinum ( Ram's-head Lady's-slipper; C & E Canada, NC & NE U.S.A)
Cypripedium bardolphianum (China)
Cypripedium bardolphianum var. bardolphianum (China)
Cypripedium bardolphianum var. zhongdianense (China)
Rhizome geophyte
Cypripedium calceolus (Lady's Slipper, Woodpecker nuksack, Yellow Lady's Slipper; Europe to Japan)
Cypripedium calcicolum (China)
Cypripedium californicum (California Lady's Slipper; Oregon, N California)
Cypripedium candidum (Small White Lady Slipper; SE Canada, NC & E U.S.A)
Cypripedium cordigerum (Heart-shaped Lip Cypripedium; N Pakistan to Himalaya, S Tibet)
Cypripedium daweishanense (S.C.Chen & Z.J.Liu, 2005, Yunnan, China South-Central)
Cypripedium debile (Frail Cypripedium; Japan, Taiwan, China)
Cypripedium dickinsonianum (Mexico; S Chiapas to Guatemala)
Cypripedium elegans (E Nepal to China)
Cypripedium fargesii (China)
Cypripedium farreri (China)
Cypripedium fasciculatum (Brownie Lady's-slipper, Clustered Lady's-slipper; W U.S.A)
Cypripedium fasciolatum (China)
Cypripedium flavum (Yellow Cypripedium; SE Tibet, SC China)
Cypripedium formosanum (Beautiful Cypripedium, Formosa's Lady's Slipper; C Taiwan)
Cypripedium forrestii (China)
Cypripedium franchetii (Franchet's Cypripedium; C & SC China)
Cypripedium guttatum (Spotted Lady's Slipper; European Russia to Korea, Alaska to Yukon)
Cypripedium henryi (Henry's Cypripedium; C China)
Cypripedium himalaicum (SE Tibet to Himalaya)
Cypripedium irapeanum (Pelican Orchid, Irapeao Cypripedium; Mexico to Honduras)
Cypripedium japonicum (Japan Cypripedium; China, Korea, Japan)
Cypripedium kentuckiense (Kentucky Lady's Slipper, Southern Lady's Slipper, Kentucky Cypripedium; C & E U.S.A)
Cypripedium lentiginosum (China)
Cypripedium lichiangense S.C.Chen & P.J.Cribb (China (SW Sichuan, NW Yunnan), NE Myanmar)
Cypripedium ludlowii (SE Tibet)
Cypripedium macranthos (Large-flowered Cypripedium; E Belarus to temperate E Asia)
Cypripedium malipoense S.C.Chen & Z.J.Liu (Yunnan, China South-Central)
Cypripedium margaritaceum (Pearl-white Cypripedium; China)
Cypripedium micranthum (China)
Cypripedium molle (Mexico)
Cypripedium montanum (Large Lady's-slipper, Mountain Lady's-slipper, White Lady's-slipper, Moccasin flower; Alaska to California)
Cypripedium morinanthum (Manchuria).
Cypripedium neoparviflorum (Manchuria)
Cypripedium palangshanense (China, rediscovered in 1997 in China)
Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. (Canada, E U.S.A)
Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum (Canada, E U.S.A.; rhizome geophyte)
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Yellow Lady's-slipper; N. America; rhizome geophyte)
Cypripedium passerinum (Franklyn's Lady's-slipper, Small White Northern Lady's-slipper, Sparrow's Egg Lady's-slipper; Alaska to Canada, Montana)
Cypripedium plectrochilum (N Myanmar to SC China)
Cypripedium pubescens (Greater yellow lady's slipper)
Cypripedium reginae Walter : Large White Lady's-slipper, Queen's Lady's-slipper, Showy Lady's-slipper; C & E Canada, NC & E. U.S.A)
Cypripedium roseum (Manchuria)
Cypripedium rubronerve (China)
Cypripedium segawai (EC Taiwan)
Cypripedium shanxiense (China to N Japan)
Cypripedium sichuanense (China)
Cypripedium sinapoides (Manchuria).
Cypripedium subtropicum (SE. Tibet)
Cypripedium taibaiense (China)
Cypripedium tibeticum (Sikkim to C China)
Cypripedium wardii (SE. Tibet, China)
Cypripedium wumengense (China)
Cypripedium yatabeanum (Russian Far East to N & NC Japan, Aleutian Islands to SW Alaska)
Cypripedium yunnanense (SE Tibet, China)

Natural hybrids

Cypripedium × alaskanum (C. guttatum × C. yatabeanum; Alaska).
Cypripedium × andrewsii (C. candidum × C. parviflorum var. pubescens) (E Canada, NC & NE U.S.A).
Cypripedium × catherinae (C. macranthon × C. shanxiense; Russian Far East).
Cypripedium × columbianum (C. montanum × C. parviflorum var. pubescens; W Canada, NW U.S.A)
Cypripedium × froschii (C. tibeticum × C. yunnanense; Yunnan, China)
Cypripedium x herae . (C. parviflorum x C. reginae) (Manitoba, Canada)
Cypripedium × ventricosum (C. calceolus x C. macranthos; Russia to Korea).
Cypripedium × wenqingiae (C. farreri × C. tibeticum; China).