Cypripedium Sebastian Deparia adorned with large tobacco-like leaves

adorned with large tobacco-like leaves edged in white

but doesn't quite match pictures of the original plant

You can see why we paid $300 for our original bulb in 2012

unobscured by the old leaves

Cypripedium Sebastian Deparia adorned with large tobacco-like leavesCypripedium 'Sebastian' is a 1998 Werner Frosch hybrid, named for cypripedium grower Sebastian Urban, that combines the genes of the American East Coast Cypripedium parviflorum v. parviflorum with the Northwest US native Cypripedium montanum. This long distance romance resulted in vigorous 23" tall plants that produce narrow flowering stems topped with white pocketbook shaped flowers that are backed by prominent, twisted, red burgundy sepals. The