Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum

[Paphluvr]

Originally Posted by PaphMadMan

Lovely. Do the flowers of this plant have a scent? Have you ever seen it with seed pods? I hope it continues to thrive and isn't taken by a collector. Thanks for sharing.

Cyp calceolus is usually treated as a Eurasian only species now, with the North American yellow Cyps mostly considered forms of Cyp parviflorum, or sometimes Cyp pubescens treated on its own.

Hope I'm doing this reply correctly. No, these flowers do not have a scent. I have seen pods on them, but they have a tendency to get mowed because they're so close to the highway. I would think that you should have these growing in your area.

[PaphMadMan]

Originally Posted by Paphluvr

Hope I'm doing this reply correctly. No, these flowers do not have a scent. I have seen pods on them, but they have a tendency to get mowed because they're so close to the highway. I would think that you should have these growing in your area.

Yes, both Cyp parviflorum and Cyp pubescens occur in my area. I have seen conflicting information about scent in these 2 species so I was curious about that. If you had not seen seedpods I was going to encourage you to do some pollination by hand and scatter seeds in other suitable areas.