Category / Cypripedium - Lady's Slippers

Cypripedium guttatum (Spotted Lady’s Slipper Orchid) is a hardy terrestrial orchid boasting distinctive flowers with purple spots and blotches on their sepals, petals, and inflated pouch. Blooming from early to mid-summer, the…

Cypripedium Hank Small (Lady’s Slipper Orchid) is a deciduous, hardy orchid noted for its prominent yellow pouch surrounded by rich burgundy, long and twisted tepals. Blooming in late spring, the ravishing blossoms…

Cypripedium japonicum (Japanese Lady Slipper Orchid) is a small, hardy orchid boasting two broad fan-like, pleated leaves that grow opposed to each other at the center of a smooth single stem. The slender,…

Cypripedium kentuckiense (Kentucky Lady’s Slipper Orchid) is a hardy terrestrial orchid boasting one of the largest flowers of any lady’s slippers. Blooming in mid-spring to early summer, each blossom features a large,…

Cypripedium macranthos (Lady’s Slipper Orchid) is a hardy terrestrial orchid with oblong, alternate, slightly hairy leaves and pink-mauve flowers in late spring and early summer. The charming blossoms are borne, single or…

Cypripedium Monto (Lady’s Slipper Orchid) is a deciduous, hardy orchid noted for its large, egg-sized flowers. Blooming in late spring, the ravishing blossoms feature a spherically-shaped white pouch, often flushed with purple,…

Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Yellow Lady’s Slipper Orchid) is a hardy orchid boasting showy flowers with a large, deep lemon-yellow pouch covered with red spots in the throat, topped with green and chocolate-brown…

One of the most spectacular and beautiful Lady’s Slippers, Cypripedium reginae (Showy Lady’s Slipper Orchid) is a hardy orchid boasting showy white flowers, 2 in. across (5 cm), adorned with an inflated…

Cypripedium Sabine (Lady’s Slipper Orchid) is a deciduous, hardy orchid noted for its large, egg-sized flowers. Blooming for about 3 weeks in late spring, the ravishing blossoms feature an ivory-white pouch flushed…

Cypripedium tibeticum (Tibetan Lady’s Slipper Orchid) is a hardy terrestrial orchid forming a small clump of up to 3-4 pubescent elliptic to nearly ovate leaves. In spring, charming flowers are borne, usually,…

Lady’s slipper orchids are among the most desired of all hardy orchids. Often colorful and striking, these rhizomatous perennials have a distinctive inflated pouch or modified lip (labellum) that resembles a slipper…

Long-lived (up to 20 years), Cypripedium acaule (Pink Lady’s Slipper Orchid) is a hardy orchid boasting deep rose, light pink or white flowers with darker pink venation, 2 in. across (5 cm). They…

Easy to grow, Cypripedium Emil (Lady’s Slipper Orchid) is a vigorous hardy orchid noted for its intensely colored flowers. Blooming in late spring, the ravishing blossoms feature a bright yellow pouch surrounded…

Cypripedium formosanum (Formosan Lady’s Slipper Orchid) is a small, hardy orchid boasting two broad fan-like, pleated leaves that grow opposed to each other at the center of a smooth single stem. The…

Cypripedium Gisela (Lady’s Slipper Orchid) is a deciduous, hardy orchid noted for its vigor and excellent flower production. Blooming in late spring, the striking blossoms feature a large cream pouch with small…