Pellaea viridis McLear Ornamental Grasses Cypripedium 'Bernd' is a 2001

Cypripedium 'Bernd' is a 2001 Werner Frosch hybrid between the Asian Cypripedium macranthos and the rare Taiwanese Cypripedium segawae

in our humble opinion

white speckled leafed Zantedeschia albomaculata and the pink flowered

The clumps are topped with 18" tall scapes of lavender flowers in early summer

5' tall clump composed of upright dark purple stems

Pellaea viridis McLear Ornamental Grasses Cypripedium 'Bernd' is a 2001(aka: Cheilanthes viridis) This 2006 Plant Delights JLBG introduction comes from our spore collection from South Africa's Eastern Cape near the town of McLear at 4,200' elevation. Most of the forms of Pellaea viridis that we saw in 2005 only reached 1' tall, but this form topped out at 2' tall. We are uncertain if this was due to growing conditions or genetics. The thick, dark green pinnae adorn the black stipe on this semi evergreen, clumping fern.