Lady slipper

A cluster of Minnesota’s state flower was taken without permission from public land west of New Ulm. Brown County Sheriff’s Office received a report last week the Showy lady slippers were probably taken Thursday or Friday. The rare pink and white flowers had been growing in a ditch in Milford Township. People who want to collect these orchids and other protected wildflowers need written permission from landowners. In this case, permission would have had to come from the Milford Township…

Solitary Pink Lady Slipper in Mountain Woods

It was peak season for Pink Ladies Slippers (Cypripedium acaule) in Great Smoky Mountains National Park last week. This photogenic grouping was growing atop a mossy rock in the northwestern part of the park.

Provincial flower of Prince Edward Island - Lady slipper

Arunachal Pradesh Flower & Meghalaya State Flower: Lady's slipper orchid Lady's slipper orchids are orchids, which resemble the shape of ladies’ footwear.

South-central Virginia

Lady Slipper Orchid in the Orchideeënhoeve (Orchid Farm) in Luttelgeest, the Netherlands. The popular paphiopedilums (genus Paphiopedilum), often abbreviated Paph, are flowering plants in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The name Paphiopedilum is derived from Greek word paphius and pedilon, wich means shoes. The populair name for Paphiopedilum is Lady Slipper. It contains about 80 accepted species nowadays, some of which are natural hybrids. Paphiopedilum orchids are mostly terrestrial and…

One Lady Slipper growing in a bog

Orchid lovers in North American America and Canada can find more than 200 species of native orchids, which are just as rare and exotic as the tropical cousins.

The Paphiopedilum is an elegant orchid with an eye-catching lip, slender stem and sweeping petals. Thanks to the shoe-shaped lip, this plant is also called the Venus slipper, lady slipper or slipper orchid. Because if you see the lip separate from the flower, it looks just like a slipper! But that’s not all that’s special about this orchid. In this article, you can read 11 more fun facts about the Paphiopedilum orchid!