#cypripedium

[geopsych]

Slipper orchid in situ as orchid fanciers like to say. Pink lady slipper, Cypripedium acaule.

[microcosmicobservations]

Yellow lady's slippers (Cypripedium parviflorum)

[georgesboulevard]

Mocassin flower (Cypripedium acaule) in an eastern Canadian soft wood fores

[wildflowers-of-southern-ontario]

Showy Lady’s Slipper Cypripedium reginae Orchidaceae

Photographs taken on June 18, 2023, at Purdon Conservation Area, Lanark Highlands, Ontario, Canada.

[thebotanicalarcade]

n820_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz.. Gera,Zezschwitz,1903-. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12306754

[wenbochenphoto]

The Lijiang Cypripedium is a rhizomatous terrestrial orchid found in NW Yunnan, SW Sichuan of China, and NE Myanmar. It grows in open forests of high mountains between 2600m and 3500m. It’s a highly localised species and not easy to find.

[vothnthorvaldson-blog]

Pictures 1-4: Cypripedium calceolus, Côte-d'Or, France. June 3, 2024.

Picture 5: For comparison, Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin, South of Saskatoon, SK, Canada. June 17, 2022.

Yesterday I went north to the Côte-d'Or department to see this rare orchid in a specific protected area. Due to this orchid's endangered status, the area is mostly not accessible, but a few plants are growing near the allowed path, just ready for pictures. A situation similar to that of the related species C. parviflorum which I photographed 2 years ago in Saskatchewan, Canada. A single individual was growing outside a fenced protected area.

[cedar-glade]

Black ash, tulip poplar, eastern white cedar swamp.

acidic duff, acidic glacial gravel deposits, lay atop the ancient marl beds of this mound fen. Boreal treasures find this as refuge as the flora dictates the transition from marl flats and sedge meadows to the swampy forests. Prairie dock, fen indian plantain, and temporary saplings hide away what can be compared to candy for deer; these are also found in risen patches in the sedge meadow and with close proximity to a bit more shade like whats associated with shrubby cinque foil or the the ninebark thickets.

Cypripedium reginae

Showy lady Slipper

[orchid-hospice]

Cypripedium californicum

[kathy-purdy]

January Thaw Walk-About

January Thaw Walk-About: The weather's been crazy, to put it mildly. With this second, post-Christmas thaw the snow is mostly gone. Monday it almost reached 50°F and it wasn't raining, so I decided to walk around the garden and check on things.

The weather’s been crazy, to put it mildly. I know most of the country has endured similar: a thaw the week before Christmas, a sudden drop to unseasonably frigid temperatures, and (once everyone’s holiday plans were screwed up) a return to unseasonably warm temperatures. I was thankful that we didn’t lose our snow cover during the first thaw, so that the plants did have some protection when the…

[geopsych]

Pink lady slippers, Cypripedium acaule. They’re even more interesting now that I have a few tropical slipper orchids!

I’ve taken so many pictures of native wildflowers in the last few weeks and posted very few. Just take my word for it: they’re still out there. 🌿🌸

[aisling-saoirse]

Pink Lady's Slipper, Delaware Watergap, NJ - May 26th 2024

[wildflowers-of-southern-ontario]

Pink Lady’s Slipper Cypripedium acaule Orchidaceae

Photographs taken on June 20, 2023, at Petroglyphs Provincial Park, Woodview, Ontario, Canada.

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If I can grow it or teach about it, I've done it.

Jobs. Slinging biscuits. Marvelling at the work done on our home.

[thebotanicalarcade]

n136_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Flowers of mountain and plain /. New York :H.W. Wilson Co.,1920.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40792119