Cypripedium smithii

Reproductive biology of an endemic orchid Cypripedium smithii in China and reproductive isolation between C. smithii and C. More

Cypripedium smithii is closely related to Cyp. tibeticum but usually has a smaller flower with a yellowish basal coloration heavily overlaid with red, resulting in a dark plum color. It prefers grassy habitats between open shrubs, again on limestone . I found it between 2400 and 3300 m. Cypripedium smithii Cypripedium flavum is not as widespread as Cyp. More