Hi all,

on the web, except the normal form of Cypripedium calceolus (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Cypripedium_calceolus_03-09.jpg), I have found two other references:

- Cypripedium calceolus var. flavescens (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?campid=5335829031&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.fr%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll %3FViewItem%26amp%3BssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT %26amp%3Bitem%3D300280912340)

- Cypripedium calceolus var. virescens (http://www.orchidees.fr/forums/index.php?showtopic=39858&pid=557388&mode=threaded&start=)

Do you think that those two varieties are in fact only one? It seems to me that the flavescens on the photo has a yellow pouch and all the other parts green where the virescens is completely green...

Do you know some other varieties ?

Are calceolus and parviflorum close species?

Thank you in advance for your answers and wish you a merry Christmas.

Best regards.

The both colourforms are real different forma.
Here for your information some pictures of the flavistic or golden form which a friend made in Sout Germany in Bavaria.
I hope that I will have the possibility to go there next year.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/og48/Heimisches/29_5_08_n2n.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/og48/Heimisches/29_5_08.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/og48/Heimisches/29_5_08_n3n.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/og48/Heimisches/29_5_08_n4n.jpg

Best greetings from Bavaria

Olaf

so pretty:heart::heart::heart:

Wow nice plants and pix!!

Those Cyps are gorgeous!

They are quite different! Nice to see the different forms growing right next to eachother!

Lovely plants...super cool pics!

Hello Olaf,

fantastic shots, thanks for sharing! :thumbsup:

Regards.

Beautiful Cyps, Olaf! Thanks for posting!

Hallo Olaf,

Can you tell me were these photos were taken? I will be vacationing in Switzerland and Germany in May and would love to see these cyps in nature.

Helga.