Cypripedium fargesii Franchet J. Bot. (Morot). 8: 267. 1894.

毛瓣杓兰 mao ban shao lan

Cypripedium ebracteatum Rolfe; C. margaritaceum Franchet var. fargesii (Franchet) Pfitzer.

Plants 8-14 cm tall, with a stout, rather short rhizome. Stem erect, 3.5-7 cm, covered by 2 or 3 nearly tubular sheaths, apex with a subopposite leaf and bract prostrate on substrate. Leaf blade green, marked with blackish brown spots, broadly elliptic to orbicular, 10-15 × 8-14 cm, glabrous, apex obtuse. Inflorescence terminal, with 1 flower, ebracteate; pedicel 2.5-7 cm, glabrous; ovary 1.2-1.5 cm, 3-ribbed; ribs sparsely pubescent. Sepals yellowish green, with dense maroon spots toward base of dorsal sepal; petals yellowish, marked with purplish red stripes and spots; lip yellow, marked with purplish red fine spots; staminode maroon. Dorsal sepal ovate to broadly ovate, 3-4.5 × 2.5-5 cm, puberulent on abaxial veins; synsepal elliptic-ovate, 3-5 × 2.5-3 cm, apex subacute, inconspicuously bidentate. Petals incurved forward, enfolding lip, oblong, 3.5-5.5 × ca. 1.5 cm, densely white villous on upper side of abaxial surface, apex acute; lip deeply pouched, subglobose, slightly dorsiventrally flattened, ca. 2.5 cm, minutely papillose on front surface. Staminode ovate or oblong, ca. 1 cm. Fl. May-Jul.

植株8-14厘米高，具一粗壮，相当短的根状茎。茎直立，3.5-7厘米，被2或3个近管状鞘覆盖，先端具一对生叶和苞片匍匐在基部。叶片绿色，有黑棕色斑点，宽椭圆形到圆形，10-15×8-14厘米，无毛，先端钝。花序顶生，具1花，无苞片；花梗2.5-7厘米，无毛；子房1.2-1.5厘米，3棱；肋骨疏生短柔毛。萼片黄绿色，具紧密的褐红色斑点朝向背萼片的基部；花瓣淡黄，有紫红色条纹和斑点；唇黄，有紫红色细斑；退化雄蕊褐红色。背面萼片卵形到宽卵形，3-4.5×2.5-5厘米，在背面脉上被微柔毛；合萼椭圆形卵形，3-5×2.5-3厘米，先端亚尖，不明显双齿。花瓣向前弯曲，折叠唇，长圆形，3.5-5.5×约1.5厘米，在背面的上面密被白色具长柔毛，先端锐尖；唇部深袋，近球形，稍背腹扁平，约2.5厘米，在前表面微小的乳突状。退化雄蕊卵形或长圆形，约1厘米。花期5-7月。

● Humus-rich soils in thickets, sparse woods, grassy slopes; 1900-3200 m. N Chongqing, S Gansu, W Hubei, W Sichuan.

灌木丛、疏林、草坡中富含腐殖质的土壤；1900-3200米。重庆北部，甘肃南部，湖北西部，四川西部。