Also called Queen Lady's Slipper
ZONE:
3
COLOUR:
White
HEIGHT:
50-75 cm
SPREAD:
20-30 cm
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Cypripedium reginae - Showy Lady's Slipper
Also called Queen Lady's Slipper
ZONE:
3
COLOUR:
White
HEIGHT:
50-75 cm
SPREAD:
20-30 cm
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. Trying to transplant established plants from nature is rarely successful.
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, our tallest native orchid is endangered.
