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Horticulture

C. macroanthos distribution: European & Asiatic Russia to eastern Siberia and Kamchatka, Sakalin Island, Korea, north-eastern China and Japan, in meadows, scrub and forest in damp places and light shade, often on slopes and banks, sea level to 2400m. C. kentuckiense - distribution U.S.A. (Texas, Mississippi, Kentucky, Ohio, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee), in mesophytic woodland, mainly in deep ravines, on acid sandstone soils and on the banks of rivers and streams.
Frosch, W., Cribb, P.. (2012). Hardy Cypripedium. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. p.54 & p.60

Nomenclature

Cypripedium kentuckiense x macroanthos ( Henry Oakeley 2013)

Toxicity

'Humans: Skin allergen'-HTA Guidelines
HTA Guide to Potentially Harmful Plants, 3rd Edition (2022)

Cypripedium Cleo Pinkepank (syn. 'Kentucky Pink')

Family: ORCHIDACEAE
Genus: Cypripedium
Species:
Cultivar: Cleo Pinkepank (syn. 'Kentucky Pink')
Distribution summary: Garden origin
Habit: Perennial
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: North America (A)
Reason for growing: Toxic


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