PlantFiles Pictures: Showy Lady's Slipper Orchid, Queen's Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium reginae)

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RosemaryA
Toronto, ON
(Zone 5b)
June 28, 2009
04:11 PM
Post #6750298
Showy Lady's Slipper Orchid, Queen's Lady's Slipper
Cypripedium reginae

Cypripedium reginae in the wild. Purdon Conservation Area, Ontario, June 25, 2009.

http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1501/

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Galanthophile
North East England
United Kingdom
(Zone 8a)
July 01, 2009
12:56 PM
Post #6763694
Wow what a sight. I have a plant of this in a pot but it is such a treat to see a wild colony - thanks!
RosemaryA
Toronto, ON
(Zone 5b)
July 01, 2009
01:41 PM
Post #6763839
This is actually the largest colony of showy lady slippers in Canada! The original landowner, the late Joe Purdon, started with about a dozen plants. Now there are about 16,000!
kniphofia
Ashington
United Kingdom
(Zone 8a)
July 02, 2009
01:23 AM
Post #6766835
Fantastic!

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