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Cypripedium

Called “Lady's Slipper” in GBIF

Cypripedium is a genus of 58 species and nothospecies of hardy orchids; it is one of five genera that together compose the subfamily of lady's slipper orchids (Cypripedioideae). They are widespread across much of the Northern Hemisphere, including most of Europe and Africa (Algeria), Russia, China, Central Asia, Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Central America.

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192
accepted species in GBIF
Source: GBIF
1
plant on Plant News
5
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Research on Cypripedium

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What science is finding about Cypripedium

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Trending: pink lady's slipper (Cypripedium acaule) — 335 observations this week

Pink lady's slippers growing in your local woods take 10–15 years to flower for the first time and die if transplanted —...

Pink Lady's Slipper native-plants / phenology

Trending: pink lady's slipper (Cypripedium acaule) — 876 observations this week

Pink lady's slippers blooming near your local trails take 10–17 years to flower from seed and will die if transplanted —...

Pink Lady's Slipper native-plants / phenology

Trending: pink lady's slipper (Cypripedium acaule) — 880 observations this week

Pink lady's slippers growing in your local woods take 10–15 years to first bloom and can't survive transplanting — spotting...

Pink Lady's Slipper native-plants / phenology

pink lady's slipper (Cypripedium acaule) observed in Chepachet

Pink lady's slippers take up to 15 years to bloom from seed and can only germinate with the help of a specific soil fungus —...

Pink Lady's Slipper native-plants / mycorrhizal-networks