lady’s slipper: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	slipper orchid • lady slipper • Cypripedioideae

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Close-up of a showy lady's slipper orchid, Cypripedium reginae, with a pink pouch-shaped petal and pale pink and white upper petals against a blurred green background.

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Topics

Phragmipedium pink lady’s slipper Paphiopedilum Cypripedium Mexipedium Selenipedium yellow lady’s slipper orchid jewel orchid