Does your Calypso orchid have pure white labellum (the modified petal, also called the lip)?
Does your Calypso orchid have spotted labellum?
Does your Calypso orchid have a white labellum with two long fringes?
White labellum (lip) indicates that your Calypso orchid is a variety called C. bulbosa var. americana. This is one of two varieties found in North America, including in much of Canada and Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Alaska. It tends to grow in clumping colonies in forested areas.
Spotted labellum (lip) indicates that your Calypso orchid is a variety called C. bulbosa var. occidentalis. This is the North American variety of Calypso, primarily found in Alaska, British Columbia, and down along the West Coast. It likes the cool, foggy, coastal areas, though it is also found slightly inland.
White labellum with two long fringes indicates that your Calypso orchid is a variety called C. bulbosa var. speciosa. This is a high-altitude variety found in elevations up to 10,500 feet, primarily in subalpine forests of China and Japan as well as inner Mongolia.
A variety of Calypso orchids called C. bulbosa var. bulbosa naturally occurs in Europe and Asia, from Scandinavia and Russia to Korea and Japan. It was the first variety discovered in 1753.
https://www.thespruce.com/grow-calypso-plants-3960435
https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Calypso_bulbosa#Varities
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