Cypripedium in Canada

[ORG]

Dear Slipperorchid-friends,
this year I had the possibility to visit a lot of orchids-habitats in Canada.
My travel started in Toronto and especially near the Huron-Lake we could see many Cypripedium plants in flower, but we found also near Toronto some very interesting plants like Cypripedium candidum (here with an insect visiting the flower).

Then the wonderful Cypripedium arietinum

Cypripedium pubescens

Cypripedium parviflorum

And in a garden a Cypripedium from Asia
Cypripedium henryi

Later more.

Best greetings

Olaf

 

[Heather]

What a fabulous plant, that aritaenum! One day I hope to see that one in person. Thank you Olaf!

 

[NYEric]

Looks like a good trip. Thanx for posting!

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Wonderful Olaf! Thanks for posting your pictures. Did you take some in Alberta too?

Joanne

 

[Wendy]

Beautiful photos Olaf! Is the Cypripedium arietinum one of the group from the Singing Sands in the Bruce Peninsula? I was there a few days before you and saw/took pictures as well. There were so many more this year.

Thank you!

 

[John M]

Nice photos Olaf. I'm sorry that I was unable to get to the meeting and meet you in person. It was nice that you got to see the Cyp. candidum. I live here and haven't ever seen one! In fact, I've never seen any arietinum either. That clone in your photo is spectacular! Thanks for posting!

 

[Corbin]

Thanks for the pictures.

 

[ORG]

Dear Wendy,
here some pictures from Manitoba and also Alberta.
At first Cypripedium acaule, I had the possibility to visit a place with hundreds of these spectacular plants.

Cypripedium candidum

Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin

Cypripedium pubescens

But also a habitat with many deformed plants

Later more

OLaf

Dear Wendy the first Cyp. arietinum I saw on the same place where you saw them also- Hundreds of plants in flower.

 

[fundulopanchax]

Outstanding photos, Olaf!!

Thank you very much for sharing!

Ron

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Sweet! I love habitat shots and these are some great ones. In particular I love the candidum shots.

 

[John M]

I really like the second batch of photos that you've posted, Olaf. What is the difference between Cyp. parviflorum v. parviflorum and var. makasin? Thanks!

 

[SlipperFan]

Thanks Olaf -- I didn't realize there were so many native to North America.

 

[Heather]

Also wondering about makasin - that was on the property in VT I visited the other day as well. Others were asking the same question.

Oh, and WHAT COLOR! on those acaule!!! Is that accurate!?

 

[cdub]

Also wondering about makasin - that was on the property in VT I visited the other day as well. Others were asking the same question.

Oh, and WHAT COLOR! on those acaule!!! Is that accurate!?

Why no photos of the VT makasin, Heather!? Haha.

Wow, that photo stream just made my day, Olaf.

 

[NYEric]

Wow so many Cyps!

 

[goldenrose]

:clap::clap: FABULOUS! So good of you to share!

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

More wonderful photos! Thanks Olaf.

Joanne

 

[ORG]

Dear Slipperorchid-friends,
I have also difficulties to explain the differences betwessn parviflorum and makasin.
Phillip Cribb wrote about that Sheviak (1994) has distinguished makasin from the typical varietyby its glabrous uppermost sheathing bract, intensely sweet scent and habitat preference. In open sites the leaves are characteristically narrow and ascending, but more spreading and broader in shady places. Var. makasin has a more northerly distribution than the typical variety, ranging from New England and adjacent Canada across the continent to the Rockies. In most localities but the last it has dark maroon sepals und petals rather than spotted or blotched ones.
Cribb wrote then: The distinctiveness of vars. parviflorum and makasin is, I believe, practically impossible in herbarium material, and Sheviak's photographic comparision of them is unconvincing.
So I think that I need more information about.

But here some more pictures from my trip to Canada:

Cypripedium pubescens near Edmonton

Near golden form with some red points in the flower

Cypripedium passerinum near Calgary in bud

Cypripedium x alaskanum in a garden in Edmonton

Calypso bulbosa

Platanthera hookeri

Amerorchis rotundifolia

Later more

Olaf

 

[ORG]

Here some more orchids which I saw in Canada

Corallorhiza striata

Corallorhiza trifida

Coeloglossum viride

I had hoped to find some more species, but it was too early this year.

Best greetings

Olaf

 

[SlipperFan]

Super, Olaf! Thanks for sharing.