Registered Cypripedium Hybrids
Note: Hybrids in RED have been denied registration with the RHS.
acaule (species)
x formosanum = Promises
x parviflorum var. pubescens = January Sunshine
x reginae = Prof. Karl Robatsch
Achim (pubescens x froschii) W. Frosch 2003
Aki (pubescens x macranthos) W. Frosch 1996
andrewsii (nat.hyb. = parviflorum x candidum)
x macranthos = Laila
Annette (macranthos x candidum) W. Frosch 2002
Axel (parviflorum x tibeticum) S. Malmgren 1998
Barbara Imfeld-Pinkepank (macranthos alba x farreri) Pinkepank 2005
Bernd (macranthos x segawai) W. Frosch 2001
Bernie (reginae x fargesii) In Vitro Orchids 2007
Betty Maier (macranthos x pubescens {forma planipetalum}) Maier 1999
Bill (pubescens x tibeticum) Frosch 2004
Birgit (macranthos x cordigerum) In Vitro Orch. 2006
Blondi (pubescens x rebunense) Frosch 2007
Boots (calceolus flavum x montanum) Pinkepank 2005
Boots grex Christopher (calceolus x montanum) Corkhill 2005
calceolus (species)
x candidum = Erika
x cordigerum = Karl Heinz
x fasciolatum = Sunny
x franchetii = Hans Erni
x froschii = Siggi
x Gisela = Lisbeth
x henryi = Memoria Gerd Kohls
x kentuckiense = Dietrich
x macranthos = Tanja Pinkepank
x montanum = Boots grex Christopher
(flavum) x montanum = Boots
x parviflorum = Emil
x pubescens = Otto
x reginae = Günter
x speciosum = Carolin
x tibeticum = Pixi
(flavum) x Ventricosum = Wladiwo
calcicolum (species syn. smithii)
x kentuckiense = Julie Ann
x parviflorum = Joseph Henry
candidum
x calceolus = Erika
x cordigerum = Hildegard
x henryi = Gidget
x pubescens = Favillianum
x macranthos = Annette
x yatabeanum = Werner
Camiel (parviflorum x plecrochilum) von Rad 2005
Carol Ilene (pubescens x hotei-atzumorianum) Keisling 2005
Carolin (calceolus x speciosum) W. Frosch 1991
Carson (parviflorum x formosanum) W. Frosch 1992
Chauncey (parviflorum x segawai) C. Whitlow 1993
Cleo Pinkepank (kentuckiense x hotei-atzumorianum) H. Pinkepank 1998
cordigerum (species)
x calceolus = Karl Heinz
x candidum = Hildegard
x macranthos = Birgit
x parviflorum = Ingrid
x pubescens = Ulli
corrugatum (species)
x kentuckiense = Johanna
x pubescens = Rowland
Dietrich (calceolus x kentuckiense) W. Frosch 2003
Dominique (reginae x formosanum) Moors 2007
Emil (calceolus x parviflorum) W. Frosch 1993
Erika (calceolus x candidum) W. Frosch 2003
Eurasia (macranthos x tibeticum) Keiichi Nakamura 2005
fargesii (species)
x reginae = Bernie
Fantasy* (reginae x margaritaceum) Whitlow 1992
farreri (species)
x franchetii = Gerhard
x kentuckiense = Robin Lee
x macranthos alba = Barbara Imfeld-Pinkepank
x pubescens = Otmar Riegler
fasciolatum (species)
x calceolus = Sunny
x franchetii = Pluto
x froschii = Uta
x Gisela = Florence
x henryi = Ursel
x kentuckiense = Gabriela
x macranthos = Sabine
x parviflorum = Inge
x pubescens = Victoria
x rebunense = Jimmy
x reginae = Wouter Peeters
x tibeticum = Tilman
x ventricosum = Hideki Okuyama
Favillianum (pubescens x candidum) C. Whitlow 1994
flavum (species)
x reginae = Ulla Silkens
x Ulla Silkens = Vicky's Delight
Florence (Gisela x fasciolatum) Corkhill 2007
formosanum (species)
x acaule = Promises
x parviflorum = Carson
x reginae = Dominique
x segawai = Heike
Francis (kentuckiense x speciosum) O. F. Robinson 2001
franchetii (species)
x calceolus = Hans Erni
x fasciolatum = Pluto
x farreri = Gerhard
x froschii = Luke
froschii (species)
x calceolus = Siggi
x fasciolatum = Uta
x franchetii = Luke
x macranthos = Hans Arpagaus
x parviflorum = Lizzy Ann
x pubescens = Achim
Gabriela (fasciolatum x kentuckiense) W. Frosch 2003
Genesis (reginae x pubescens) C. Whitlow 1987
Gerhard (franchetii x farreri) Frosch 2005
Gidget (candidum x henryi) C. Whitlow 1993
Gisela (parviflorum x macranthos) W. Frosch 1991
x calceolus = Lisbeth
x fasciolatum = Florence
Günter (calceolus x reginae) In Vitro Orch. 2006
Hank Small (parviflorum x henryi) C. Whitlow 1991
Hans Arpagaus (froschii x macranthos) Pinkepank 2005
Hans Erni (franchetii x calceolus) Frosch 2004
Hedi (Ingrid x macranthos) W. Frosch 1997
Heike (formosanum x segawai) W. Frosch 1998
Henning Pinkepank (shanxiense x macranthos) Pinkepank 2005
henryi (species)
x calceolus = Memoria Gerd Kohls
x candidum = Gidget
x fasciolatum = Ursel
x kentuckiense = Kathleen Anne Green
x macranthos = Michael
x macranthos var. hotei-atsumorianum = Werner Frosch
x parviflorum = Hank Small
x pubescens = Kristi Lyn
x speciosum = Holger
x tibeticum = Wim
Hideki Okuyama (fasciolatum x ventricosum) W. Frosch 2001
Hilda (kentuckiense x ventricosum) O. F. Robinson 2001
Hildegard (candidum x cordigerum) Frosch 2005
Holger (henryi x speciosum) Frosch 2005
hotei-atzumorianum (species)
x pubescens = Carol Ilene
Inge (parviflorum x fasciolatum) W. Frosch 2003
Ingrid (parviflorum x cordigerum) W. Frosch 1990
x macranthos = Hedi
Irene (kentuckiense x reginae) Frosch 2006
January Sunshine (acaule x parviflorum var. pubescens) RHS(O/U) 2007
Jimmy (fasciolatum x rebunense) Frosch 2006
Johanna (kentuckiense x corrugatum) O. F. Robinson 2003
John (parviflorum x yunnanense) Frosch 2006
Johnny Petersen (parviflorum x rebunese) S. Malmgren 1999
José (reginae x tibeticum) Moors 2007
Joseph Henry (parviflorum x calcicolum) Corkhill 2005
Judith (reginae x Tilman) Crustacare 2006
Julie Ann (kentuckiense x calcicolum) P. Keisling 2004
Karel Polivka (ventricosum x macranthos) Pinkepank 2005
Karl Heinz (calceolus x cordigerum) W. Frosch 1990
Kathleen Anne Green (kentuckiense x henryi) C. Whitlow 1992
Katrin (Philipp x pubescens) Frosch 2005
kentuckiense (species)
x calceolus = Dietrich
x calcicolum = Julie Ann
x corrugatum = Johanna
x farreri = Robin Lee
x fasciolatum = Gabriela
x henryi = Kathleen Anne Green
x macranthos = Philipp
x macranthos Taiwanianum gp = Lois
x parviflorum = Rascal
x pubescens = Lothar Pinkepank
x reginae = Irene
x speciosum = Francis
x tibeticum = Lucy Pinkepank
x ventricosum = Hilda
x x ventricosum {manschuricum} nothovar virescens ['Alba'] = Mike
Kristi Lyn (pubescens x henryi) P. Keisling 2003
Laila (macranthos x andrewsii) P. Keisling 2006
lichiangense (species)
x reginae = Princess
Lisbeth (Gisela x calceolus) Döpper 2004
Lizzy Ann (parviflorum x froschii) Corkhill 2005
Lois (kentuckiense x macranthos Taiwanianum gp) O. F. Robinson 2003
Lothar Pinkepank (pubescens x kentuckiense) Pinkepank 2005
Lucien (reginae x taiwanianum) Moors 2007
Lucy Pinkepank (kentuckiense x tibeticum) H. Pinkepank 1998
Luke (franchetii x froschii) P. Corkhill 2007
macranthos (species)
x andrewsii = Laila
x calceolus = Tanja Pinkepank
x candidum = Annette
x cordigerum = Birgit
(alba) x farreri = Barbara Imfeld-Pinkepank
x fasciolatum = Sabine
x froschii = Hans Arpagaus
x henryi = Michael
var. hotei-atsumorianum x henryi = Wener Frosch
x Ingrid = Hedi
x kentuckiense = Philipp
Taiwanianum gp x kentuckiense = Lois
x parviflorum = Gisela
x pubescens = Aki
x segawai = Bernd
x shanxiense = Henning Pinkepank
x tibeticum = Eurasia
x ventricosum = Karel Polivka
x yatabeanum = Sandra M
x yatabeanum = Yezo
margaritaceum (species)
x reginae = Fantasy
Maria (parviflorum x speciosum) W. Frosch 1991
Memoria Gerd Kohls (calceolus x henryi) Lowland-Biotech 1995
Michael (macranthos x henryi) W. Frosch 1998
Mike (kentuckiense x ventricosum {manschuricum} nothovar virescens ['Alba']) O. F. Robinson 2003
montanum (species)
x calceolus = Boots grex Christopher
x calceolus flavum = Boots
x parviflorum = Sebastian
Oma Alli (Tanja Pinkepank x Ventricosum) Pinkepank 2005
Otmar Riegler (farreri x pubescens) F. Glanz (Handlbauer) 2007
Otto (calceolus x pubescens) W. Frosch 1991
parviflorum (species)
x calceolus = Emil
x calcicolum = Joseph Henry
x cordigerum = Ingrid
x fasciolatum = Inge
x formosanum = Carson
x froschii = Lizzy Ann
x henryi = Hank Small
x kentuckiense = Rascal
x macranthos = Gisela
x montanum = Sebastian
x plecrochilum = Camiel
x segawai = Chauncey
x speciosum = Maria
x tibeticum = Axel
x yunnanense = John
passerinum (species)
x reginae = Rheinsberg Sparrow Egg
Patrick Pinkepank (pubescens {forma planipetalum} x tibeticum)
H. Pinkepank 1998
Philipp (macranthos x kentuckiense) W. Frosch 1996
x pubescens = Katrin
Piccolo (planipetalum x yunnanese) W. Frosch 2007
Pixi (calceolus x tibeticum) P. Corkhill 2003
planipetalum (species?)
x yunnanese = Piccolo
plecrochilum (species)
x parviflorum = Camiel
Pluto (fasciolatum x franchetii) Frosch 2005
Princess (reginae x lichiangense) C. Whitlow 1995
Prof. Karl Robatsch (reginae x acaule) Raschun 2004
Promises (formosanum x acaule) C. Whitlow 1988
pubescens (species)
x acaule = January Sunshine
x calceolus = Otto
x candidum = Favillianum
x cordigerum = Ulli
x corrugatum = Rowland
x farreri = Otmar Riegler
x fasciolatum = Victoria
x froschii = Achim
x henryi = Kristi Lyn
x hotei-atzumorianum = Carol Ilene
x kentuckiense = Lothar Pinkepank
x macranthos = Aki
x Philipp = Katrin
x rebunense = Blondi
x reginae = Genesis
x speciosum = Tower Hill
x tibeticum = Bill
{forma planipetalum} x tibeticum = Patrick Pinkepank
Rascal (kentuckiense x parviflorum) C. Whitlow 1990
rebunense (species)
x fasciolatum = Jimmy
x pubescens = Blondi
reginae (species)
x acaule = Prof. Karl Robatsch
x calceolus = Günter
x fargesii = Bernie
x fasciolatum = Wouter Peeters
x flavum = Ulla Silkens
x formosanum = Dominique
x kentuckiense = Irene
x lichiangense = Princess
x margaritaceum = Fantasy
x passerinum = Rheinsberg Sparrow Egg
x pubescens = Genesis
x taiwanianum = Lucien
x tibeticum = José
x Tilman = Judith
Rheinsberg Sparrow Egg (passerinum x reginae) D. Hach (G. Bergel) 2007
Robin Lee (farreri x kentuckiense) P. Keisling 2000
Rowland (pubescens x corrugatum) Raschun 2005
Sabine (fasciolatum x macranthos) W. Frosch 2002
Sandra M (macranthos x yatabeanum) Maier 2003 (not registered)
Sebastian (parviflorum x montanum) W. Frosch 1998
segawai (species)
x formosanum = Heike
x macranthos = Bernd
x parviflorum = Chauncey
shanxiense (species)
x macranthos = Henning Pinkepank
x tibeticum = Til Eulenspiegel
Siggi (froschii x calceolus) Pinkepank 2005
speciosum (species, as macranthos var. speciosum)
x calceolus = Carolin
x henryi = Holger
x kentuckiense = Francis
x parviflorum = Maria
x pubescens = Tower Hill
Sunny (fasciolatum x calceolus) Frosch 2004
taiwanianum (species?)
x reginae = Lucien
Tanya Pinkepank (macranthos {as var. rebunese} x calceolus var. flavum) H. Pinkepank 1998
x x ventricosum nothovar virescens = Oma Alli
tibeticum (species)
x calceolus = Pixi
x fasciolatum = Tilman
x henryi = Wim
x kentuckiense = Lucy Pinkepank
x macranthos = Eurasia
x parviflorum = Axel
x pubescens = Bill
x pubescens {forma planipetalum} = Patrick Pinkepank
x reginae = José
x shanxiense = Til Eulenspiegel
Til Eulenspiegel (shanxiense x tibeticum) Pinkepank 2005
Tilman (tibeticum x fasciolatum) Frosch 2005
x reginae = Judith
Tower Hill (parviflorum var. pubescens x macranthos var. speciosum) Keisling 2003
Ulla Silkens (flavum x reginae) S. Malmgren 1996
x flavum = Vicky's Delight
Ulli (pubescens x cordigerum) W. Frosch 1994
Ursel (fasciolatum x henryi) W. Frosch 2003
Uta (fasciolatum x froschii) W. Frosch 2004
ventricosum (natural hybrid)
x fasciolatum = Hideki Okuyama
x kentuckiense = Hilda
{manschuricum} nothovar virescens ['Alba'] x kentuckiense = Mike
x macranthos = Karel Polivka
x Tanja Pinkepank = Oma Alli
x calceolus flavum = Wladiwo
Vicky's Delight (Ulla Silkens x flavum) Corkhill 2006
Victoria (pubescens x fasciolatum) Corkhill 2005
Werner (candidum x yatabeanum) C. Whitlow 1993
Werner Frosch (henryi x macranthos var. hotei-atsumorianum) K-H. Manthey 2003
Wim (henryi x tibeticum) Moors 2007
Wladiwo (Ventricosum x calceolus flavum) Frosch 2005
Wouter Peeters (reginae x fasciolatum) Peeters 2006
yatabeanum (species)
x candidum = Werner
x macranthos = Sandra M
x macranthos = Yezo
yunnanense (species)
x parviflorum = John
x planipetalum = Piccolo
Yezo (macranthos x yatabeanum) Keiichi Nakamura 2005

Explanation of asterisk item:
*     "Fantasy" was the original registration for "Princess," however the margaritaceum parent was identified as daliense which was later described as a variety of margaritaceum. However, what was initially thought to be daliense was later described as lichiangense and it had to be re-registered with the new name since too long a time had passed between the original registration and the "proper" identification of the parent species.
 
NOTE:

"nothovar" is a variety of a natural hybrid.

Certain varieties are being accepted for parentage for grex names. Some of these are Cyp. macranthos var. speciosum and Cyp. macranthos var. hotei-atsumorianum. What was long known as the Cyp. calceolus var. parviflorum, etc., has been changed by Sheviak to Cyp. parviflorum var. parviflorum and Cyp. parviflorum var. pubescens, etc.

The situation with Cyp. macranthos Taiwanianum gp in the hybrid Cyp. Lois is explained by the RHS Orchid Registrar as the following: "[Cyp. macranthos var taiwanianum = the "Taiwanianum gp", because it has not been validly published as a botanical name, it became necessary to regard it as a cultivar group. This is a nomenclatural technicality, and it would be easier to call it Cyp. taiwanianum, which could have been done as Cyp. taiwanianum hort."

We will continue to try to make this table as useful as possible given this information.

We also recommend Werner Frosch's species and hybrid information located at http://www.w-frosch.onlinehome.de/sprachen.htm.

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