Name: Large yellow lady's slipper, Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens. Season: Flowering takes place in mid- to late spring, depending on the growing site. Description: Lady's slippers are among ...

Large Yellow Lady’s Slipper Orchid This perennial orchid is 1–2½' tall and usually unbranched. The central stem is round in circumference, rather stout, and densely covered with hair.

Named for the shape of its blossom, the large yellow lady slipper is a native North American orchid. Southeast Missouri is near the southwestern edge of this flower's range, which extends ...

They also have an online plant nursery, www.newfs.org, where Sun Spots located two quart containers of cypripedium pubescens or large yellow Lady-slipper, as well as cypripedium reginae or showy ...

In general, lady-slippers want loose, aerated soil, not compacted dry soil. If your showy lady-slippers do well, you can divide them like hostas early in the spring or in the fall to get more plants.

There are two lady's-slipper varieties that you can easily learn to spot: large flowered (Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubscens) and small flowered (C.p. var. parviflorium).

Small yellow lady's slipper Cypripedium calceolus (var. pariflorum) Description: Height is 6 to 16 inches. At maturity, plants bear one to two flowers and three to six leaves on each stem.

A yellow lady-slipper is seen in full bloom. Naturalist Kevin Cook said after a recent search he fears the lady-slippers are disappearing. (Jeffrey Wang/Special to the Loveland Reporter-Herald) ...

Three types of lady slipper, the Showy, Small Yellow and Ram’s-Head, are listed on the official Massachussett’s endangered plants list. In New Hampshire, the Pink Lady Slipper is given the ...

The Lady’s Slipper, actually takes a long time to grow taking usually sixteen years for flowers to bloom. The flower, is also able to live up to 50 years, and can even grow up to four feet tall.