Common Name: ORCHID FAMILY Habit: Perennial herb, terrestrial [growing on other pls], non-green (nutrition from association of roots with fungi) or green, generally from rhizomes or tubers with few to many fleshy to slender roots; cauline leaves +- reduced to sheathing stem bracts or not. Leaf: 1--many, basal to cauline, linear to +- round, alternate to opposite (if only 1 pair), generally sessile. Inflorescence: flowers 1--many, spike or raceme, bracted. Flower: bisexual, bilateral, in bud generally rotating 180° by twisting ovary (position of parts indicated after twisting); sepals generally 3, generally free, generally petal-like, uppermost generally erect, lateral with chin- or spur-like projection (mentum) or not; petals 3, 1 (lip) different, spurred or not; stamens generally 1 (3 in Cypripedium, 2 functional, 1 a staminode), fused with style, stigma into column, pollen generally lumped, generally removed as unit by insect; ovary inferior, 1-chambered, placentas 3, parietal, stigma 3 lobed, generally under column tip. Fruit: capsule. Seed: many, minute. Genera In Family: +- 800 genera, +- 25000 species: especially tropics (worldwide except Antarctica). Many cultivated for ornament, especially Cattleya, Cymbidium, Epidendrum, Oncidium, Paphiopedilum; Vanilla planifolia Andrews fruits used to flavor food. Note:Platanthera may be paraphyletic without inclusion of Piperia (Bateman et al. 2009 Ann Bot 104:431--445); study needed. eFlora Treatment Author: Ronald A. Coleman, Dieter H. Wilken & William F. Jennings, except as noted Scientific Editor: Ronald A. Coleman, Thomas J. Rosatti.
Common Name: LADY'S-SLIPPER Stem: often puberulent above. Leaf: cauline, lanceolate to ovate. Inflorescence: flowers 1--20; bracts +- leaf-like. Flower: lower sepals +- united [free], pendent behind lip; lateral petals downcurved to spreading, +- like upper sepal, twisted or not, lip pouch-like, generally obovoid, mouth +- puckered, margin inrolled; column curved over lip mouth, functional stamens 2, staminodes 1. Fruit: pendent to spreading, ribbed. Etymology: (Greek: Venus foot, from lip shape) eFlora Treatment Author: Ronald A. Coleman, Dieter H. Wilken & William F. Jennings Reference: Sheviak 1993 Amer Orchid Soc Bull 62:403
Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. var. makasin (Farw.) Sheviak
NATIVE Habit: Plant 15--35 cm. Leaf: 2--5, alternate, 5--18 cm, ovate to lance-elliptic. Inflorescence: open; flowers generally 1--2. Flower: upper sepal 18--80 mm, +- elliptic to ovate, green to yellow-green, marked dark red-brown or not; lateral petals 24--95 mm, lanceolate to oblong, spreading, generally +- twisted, colored as upper sepal, lip 15--30 mm, yellow; staminode +- cordate or ovate, yellow. Chromosomes: 2n=20. Ecology: Mesic to moist, shady conifer forest; Elevation: 1000--1900 m (estimated). Bioregional Distribution: n SNH; Distribution Outside California: Washington to Alaska, northeastern United States, Newfoundland. Flowering Time: May--Jun(est) Note: Only 1 documented occurrence in California; probably extirpated. Jepson eFlora Author: Ronald A. Coleman, Dieter H. Wilken & William F. Jennings Reference: Sheviak 1993 Amer Orchid Soc Bull 62:403 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Listed on CNPS Rare Plant Inventory Previous taxon: Cypripedium montanum Next taxon: Epipactis
Citation for this treatment: Ronald A. Coleman, Dieter H. Wilken & William F. Jennings 2012, Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=76330, accessed on April 19, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 19, 2024.
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