Cypripedium elegans Rchb.f.

in Flora 59: 561 (1886).

Synonymes

Coelogyne elegans Rchb.f. in Flora (1886) 561; Et In Gard. Chron. I. 145 (1886).

Répartition

Bhoutan, Chine, Inde, Népal, Sikkim, Tibet.

Chine : Yunnan.

Inde : Uttar Pradesh.

Floraison : ____MJJ_____. Altitude de 2800 à 4400 m.

Description sommaire

Plante terrestre. Taille de 4 à 15 cm. 2 feuilles, de 60-70 × 35-80 mm, opposées, ovales. Bractées lancéolées, ovales. Inflorescence . Fleur unique, brune. Sépale dorsal ovale, de 16-20 × 5-8 mm. Sépales latéraux soudés à la base. Pétales concaves, lancéolés, de 15-18 × 5-7 mm.

Bibliographie

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