Correct name, Cypripedium maoxianense
I think it is nothing but a sellers name for better promotion and known tric ,
not a 'valid' botanical name.
Thank you for adding 'I think' before your words. Time will prove anything.
Lovely plant Yijia. I'm guessing it is another variant on C. tibeticum. It has the look of the "hoteiatsumorianum" varieties of C. macranthos - big, deep colored, with an inflated lip. Very nice and a good candidate for hybridization.
I thought so before, a form/variety of tibeticum. but if you see the real one, you will doubt this conclusion too. The poach is round(please check all tibeticum poach, without anyone is round included ludlowii) . Rhizome and roots are so different, maoxianense is whiter than tibeticum(all tibeticum roots are light yellow), and different shape.
I doubt it is a hybrid with tibeticum and franchetii before, because there are these 3 species in same mountain---tibeticum stay over altitude 3000meters, franchetii below 1500m, maoxianense(or sp3) about 2000m. I check Cypripedium Ann Elizabeth hybrid picture in www.w-frosch.de , found poach with obviously tibeticum genetic... so, sp3 or maoxianense maybe a new species or form/variety... but not sure before DNA analysis.Hey Yijia, it may indeed be a different species, and certainly is a different form. You could separate C. tibeticum into a number of forms or "species" not just on morphological traits, but also habitat preference. So, this plant is definitely unique regardless.
I doubt it is a hybrid with tibeticum and franchetii before, because there are these 3 species in same mountain---tibeticum stay over altitude 3000meters, franchetii below 1500m, maoxianense(or sp3) about 2000m. I check Cypripedium Ann Elizabeth hybrid picture in www.w-frosch.de , found poach with obviously tibeticum genetic... so, sp3 or maoxianense maybe a new species or form/variety... but not sure before DNA analysis.