Cypripedium yatabeanum(?) - a photo on Flickriver

            Cypripedium yatabeanum, Yellow spotted Lady's Slipper Orchid.

Cypripedium yatabeanum is one parent of the natural hybrid Cyp. xalaskanum. This set of photographs were taken in several places in and around Dutch Harbor/Unalaska. We found hundreds (likely thousands) of Cypripediums belonging to a hybrid swarm of plants that exhibit mixed amounts of characteristics of both parents (guttatum and yatabeanum). Only a couple, like this one, looked similar to the written description(s) of Cyp. yatabeanum.

This flower exhibits brown on the dorsal and pouch and brown spots on its petals, all characteristics of Cyp. yatabeanum. The overall colour is mostly yellow with some cream, and did not appear to be a "green" feature of a freshly-opened flower. The pouch is narrow, and vertically elongated. Some pictures and descriptions of Cyp. yatabeanum mention that the base of the pouch can be conical (which this flower isn't) but others don't show that...

Everything points towards this being Cyp. yatabeanum. If not, it is very close to it. 

Anyone with experience with this species... please comment???

near Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, Alaska.

IMG_5100-rev-cypripedium

Taken on: July 17, 2018

Tags:

Native

Orchid

Cypripedium

yatabeanum

Alaska

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Sets appears in: • 2018 Alaska

Groups appears in: • Orchids • Orchid Species Photographs more » • Slipper Orchid • North American Orchids • Orchid Photo of the Week - READ DISCUSSIONS! • Cypripedium « less

Camera: Canon EOS 6D, f/16.0, 1/125 sec, 100mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 6D
Lens:	EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Aperture:	f/16.0
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	100mm
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Partial
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)
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