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	Beauty of It All The Ladies Meet The Ladies: The Slipper Orchids Cypripedium californicum: California lady’s slipper The California lady’s slipper occurs primarily in the Siskiyou Mountains of northern California and extreme southwestern Oregon. Photo by Br. Alfred Brousseau, Saint Mary's College of California. Courtesy of Flora of North America. The California lady's slipper orchid often growing in clumps may be over 2 ft in height. Each individual has 5 to 10 leaves up the length of the stem and the flowering stem may have upwards to 12 small flowers with yellow-green sepals and a whitish pouch with brownish-purple veins inside. Photo by Nevin Aspinwall, aspinwalln@slu.edu. Cypripedium californicum grows in the damp understory of coniferous forests near streams, and is often found growing near the rare California pitcher plant (Darlingtonia californica). For More Information Flora of North America: Cypripedium californicum
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