Cypripedium wardii Rolfe 1913 Photo courtesy of Jan Hrolv Larsen and KJ Orchids Webpage.

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Common Name Ward's Cypripedium [English Plant Collector in China and SE Asia late 1800's]

Flower Size

Found in SE Tibet and NW Yunnan Provine in China on limestone cliffs in shade of dense temperate rain forest at elevations around 3048 meters as a small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial that blooms on an erect, terminal, pubescent, 5 to 6" [12.5 to 15 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence occuring in the spring.

Synonyms Cypripedium guttatum var. wardii (Rolfe) P.Taylor 1976

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;