Cypripedium yatabeanum

Cypripedium yatabeanum, known as the spotted lady slipper[2] or palomino lady's slipper,[3] is a species of terrestrial orchid. It is native to Alaska (including the Aleutian Islands), to the Russian Far East (Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands), and northern Japan.[1][4]

Spotted lady slipper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Cypripedioideae
Genus: Cypripedium
Species:
C. yatabeanum
Binomial name
Cypripedium yatabeanum
Makino
Synonyms[1]
  • Cypripedium guttatum var. yatabeanum (Makino) Pfitzer in H.G.A.Engler
  • Cypripedium guttatum subsp. yatabeanum (Makino) Hultén

It is distinguished from the closely related Cypripedium guttatum by its yellow-green flowers and narrower, longer lip.[3]

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. US Department of Agriculture plants profile
  3. http://goorchids.northamericanorchidcenter.org/species/cypripedium/yatabeanum/ Go Orchids, North American Orchid Conservation Center, Palomino Lady's Slipper, Cypripedium yatabeanum Makino]
  4. Flora of North America v 26, p 500, Cypripedium yatabeanum Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo). 13: 91. 1899.
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