Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens

Also called Mocassin Flower

AKA Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens
Flowers have showy maroon to dark green petals and a deep yellow pouch-like lip
Each plant generally produces only one flower, rarely two
Upright foliage is soft, folded and ovate to fan-shaped
Foliage has deep veining, giving it a striped look
Juvenile leaves are hairy
Bloom Time: Late spring to early summer

ZONE:
3

COLOUR:
Magenta

HEIGHT:
30-40 cm

SPREAD:
30-35 cm

Currently Unavailable

Growing and Maintenance Tips:

Grows best in a bog or fen: moist, fertile, neutral to acidic soil, in a sheltered site with dappled shade. They are becoming rare in the wild. Digging and trying to transplant established plants from nature is rarely successful.

Additional Notes about Large Yellow Lady's Slipper:

Native to Ontario and much of North America.

The fragrant flowers attract a range of insects and utilize a clever mechanism to ensure pollination: there's only one way out of the flower, and the insects cannot help but collect pollen at the exit. However, despite producing up to 50,000 seeds per pod, due to declining habitat, this orchid is endangered.

Characteristics & Attributes

Partial Sun/Shade

Native to Ontario

Rock garden

SOIL MOISTURE:
Moist to Average

GROWTH RATE:
Slow

FLOWERING TIME:
Summer

HABIT:
Upright
Clumping

FOLIAGE COLOR:
Green

LANDSCAPE USES:
Woodland/woods edge
Naturalizing
Border/edging