Ladys slipper orchid
Cypripedium calceolus
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Cypripedium calceolus
- Group
- Monocotyledon
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchid
- Continent
- Europe, Asia
- Habitat
- Forest
- Form
- Herb
- Leaves
- Shed in winter
- Flower colour
- Yellow, Purple
- Blooms in
- Spring
- Use
- No special use
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Its pouch-shaped lip is a trap: insects fall in and must squeeze out past the pollen, which pollinates it.
- Its dust-fine seeds sprout only with help from a soil fungus, and flowering can take over ten years.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q156124 · All plants · All entries