View source for Calypso ← Calypso You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Calypso |accepted_authority=Salisbury |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Parad. Lond., plate |place=89. 1807 |year=1807 }} |common_names=Calypso;fairy-slipper |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae;Orchidaceae tribe Calypsoeae;Calypso |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Calypsoeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Calypso]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek kalypso, a figure in Homer’s Odyssey |volume=Volume 26 |mention_page=page 494 |treatment_page=page 622 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, rather succulent. <b>Roots</b> few, slender, fleshy. <b>Stems</b> scapose; corm slender to stout, fleshy; sheathing bracts usually 2, partially cloaking stem. <b>Leaves</b> produced in autumn, withering spring, solitary, arising from corm, plicate, leathery. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, each with 1 flower, arising from corm; floral bract with color of stem or sepals, reduced to prominent. <b>Flowers</b> solitary, resupinate, horizontal to slightly nodding, large, showy; sepals and petals ascending to erect; lip slipper-shaped, with basal orifice and 2 horns near apex, margin of lip dilated, forming bearded, apronlike lamina; pollinarium solitary; pollinia 4, flattened, superposed in 2 pairs flanking axis of pollinarium; viscidia large, quadrangular; stigma concave. <b>Fruits</b> capsules.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Circumboreal. |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Calypso |author=Charles J. Sheviak;Paul M. Catling |authority=Salisbury |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Orchidaceae |distribution=Circumboreal. |reference=None |publication title=Parad. Lond., plate |publication year=1807 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_1272.xml |subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae |tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Calypsoeae |genus=Calypso }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Orchidaceae tribe Calypsoeae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Orchidaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Calypso.