Pollination of a slippery lady slipper orchid in south-west China: Cypripedium guttatum (Orchidaceae)

Cypripedium guttatum was studied in north-west Yunnan at 3490 m a.s.l. The flowers are rewardless 'kettle traps'. The structure of the lip, where pollinators are temporarily kept prisoner, and the method of their capture, are unusual in being Paphiopedilum- rather than Cypripedium-like. Th...

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Main Authors: Hans Bänziger, Haiqin Sun, Yi Bo Luo
Format: Journal
Published: 2018
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http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/62014
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Institution: Chiang Mai University