USDA Forest Service Celebrating Wildflowers
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Beauty of It AllMeet The Ladies: The Slipper OrchidsCypripedium kentuckiense: Kentucky lady's slipperKentucky lady's slipper occurs across the southern US from Virginia to Texas in widely separated populations. Cypripedium kentuckiense is a large, showy orchid with stems up to about 28 in. in length. The stems have about 5 leaves and bear a single flower when mature. The pouch of the large flower is creamy to pale yellow with greenish purple-mottled petals. Cypripedium kentuckiense grows in southern hardwood forests on damp, low-lying areas near springs and in flood plains in acidic, sandy, and well-drained soils. For More Information |
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