Cypripedium shanxiense

A hardy deciduous lady's slipper of northern China, Korea, Japan and the Russian Far East, with small brownish-purple flowers. It needs a real frozen winter dormancy, a cool, moist root run and an open, humusy mineral soil; it is a garden plant, not a windowsill one.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Grows on forest margins, in open woodland and on grassy slopes in temperate northeast Asia, in partial shade.

Wild records lack elevations; the measured sites lie between about 40 and 1530 m, mostly in the Shanxi mountains above 1000 m.

ShanxiHebeiGansuQinghaiKoreaJapanPrimoryeKhabarovskSakhalin

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.