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Flasks of
Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum 'MC2323' -spontaneous
 
 
 
 
Number: TN4010
Name: Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum 'MC2323' -spontaneous
Type: spontaneous    (What's that?)
Seed Donor: Zachary Bittner
 
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Culture Notes from Donor: Parent plant: Plant has two growths and comes up every year. It is possibly an old plant (seven years or more). The plant is growing within 100 yards of two or three other clumps. Flowers appear to have lighter colored petals than is normal for this species. Flower is relatively large with no detectable scent.
The plant is growing at the base of a large oak tree and is flanked by large amounts of Spice bush, Wild leaks, May apples, and Trillium. There is a fair amount of limestone in the soil.
 
Comments: Permission to harvest pod was granted by the primary grounds keeper. This is not a beginner plant.
It was probably pollinated by insects.

Parent plant: This plant is growing on the grounds of the Bucks County Wild Flower Preserve in New Hope, PA. Small plant.
 
For additional origin/habitat information supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker, see further below, near the bottom of this page.

Temperatures we attempt to use in the lab & greenhouse:
For Infraspecies:   Spring, Summer, Autumn: days average 80°F, nights 61°F; best fit is Intermediate 83-60°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)
For Infraspecies:   Winter: days average 25°F, nights 9°F; best fit is Frigid 46-28°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)

About the name...
Etymology of Cypripedium   From Greek "Kypris" Aphrodite; "pedilon" shoe. (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
Etymology of parviflorum   From Latin "parviflorus" small-flowered. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Pronunciation of Cypripedium   sip-re-PEE-dee-um (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
Pronunciation of parviflorum   par-vi-FLOE-rum (Source: Hawkes 1978)
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Flask Information
Availability: There were problems with this item and we weren't able to make any viable flasks.
You should: Consider placing a "Notify Retries" Request, and if an identical pollination (the same parents) is done again, we'll let you know.
You might also want to: View the seed assay for this item.
View items of the same species.
View items of the same genus.
 
 

The origin/habitat information below is supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker

The following information is based on the name of the plant provided by the donor, and assumes that the name is correct. If the plant has been misidentified, then the following information may not be correct.
This text is copyrighted by the Bakers and may not be reproduced without permission.

ORIGIN/HABITAT: Widespread across much of North America. Distribution extends from extreme eastern Alaska along the border with the Yukon Territories of western Canada with the northern limit arcing southeastward across Canada to Quebec and Newfoundland. Distribution extends southward into southeast Alaska and then southward through British Colombia, with a finger of habitat extending into eastern Washington and Oregon and northern Idaho in the Pacific Northwest. The southern boundary of distribution then follows fairly closely along the U. S. Canadian border to North Dakota where it moves abruptly southward into Texas and Louisiana where it then curves northeastward through the southern and eastern states and the eastern provinces of Canada to Newfoundland. There is an isolated area of habitat in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado. Plants are found in woods where they grow in partial shade in well drained but heavy, damp, humus-rich soils. They may also be found on rocky hillsides, along streams, in meadows and clearings, in shallow depressions in peaty soil on treeless limestone barrens, and in talus of limestone cliffs. Plants seem to thrive in limestone areas, but the soils usually are neutral to slightly acidic. Habitat elevation throughout the range varies from near sea level to as high as 6550 ft. (2000 m).
More about this information and the Bakers...
 
 

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