Cypripedium yunnanense

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Cypripedium yunnanense Franch. is a small species, 20-37 cm tall, growing in different habitats, mostly in light woods, at high elevations above 2700 m. It is distributed in Yunnan and Sichuan provinces of China and also in Tibet. It tends to form large clumps. Flowers are pink, purplish red, or occasionally off-white. Photos were taken in its habitat in Zongdian, north west Yunnan by Oron Peri