Showy Lady's Slipper
Cypripedium reginae
Description
The Showy Lady's Slipper is a striking orchid native to North America known for its large and attractive white flowers with a distinctive pink to magenta slipper-shaped pouch. This perennial plant thrives in rich, acidic, and moist soils typically found in wooded areas, swamps, and bogs. Its rarity and unique beauty make it a highly desirable plant for conservation efforts.
- Life Cycle
- perennial
- Height
- 1 to 2 feet
- Sun Exposure
- Full shade to partial shade
- Bloom Months
- June, July
- Bloom Color
- Bloom Description
- The flowers have a prominent and vibrant pink to magenta pouch that is eye-catching against the white petals.