Cypripedium are ground-dwelling orchids featuring slender rhizomes and soft, fan-like leaves that can be arranged spirally or in pairs. During the summer, they produce racemes that can hold up to 12 flowers, which display tepals in shades of white, pink, red, or purple, alongside a pouch that may be yellow, white, pink, or purple.

Cypripedium flavum

Cypripedium flavum 'Butterball'

Cypripedium flavum 'Yellow Ball'

Cypripedium flavum (White-flowered Group) 'White Lady'

Cypripedium flavum S008-1 from Hengduan Mts, China

Cypripedium flavum red unspotted

Cypripedium flavum var. speciosum

Cypripedium flavum white-flowered

Cypripedium flavum yellow spotted

Cypripedium flavum yellow-flowered

Cypripedium formosanum is a compact, resilient orchid that typically grows to about 10 cm tall. It features two terminal leaves that are ovate to rounded in shape, displaying prominent veins that extend outward in a fan-like pattern. In spring, a slender, elongated stem emerges, bearing a pale flower accented with varying shades of pink, from light to dark.

Cypripedium formosanum

Cypripedium formosanum dwarf

Cypripedium forrestii

Cypripedium franchetii

Cypripedium goringii

Cypripedium guttatum

Cypripedium henryi

Cypripedium himalaicum

Cypripedium hispidula

Cypripedium humile

Cypripedium insigne

Cypripedium irapeanum

Cypripedium japonicum

Cypripedium kentuckiense is a resilient, deciduous orchid that forms clumps of erect stems reaching heights of up to 70 cm. Its leaves are broad and elliptical, measuring around 20 cm in length and 5 to 10 cm in width. This species blooms in late spring, producing a terminal inflorescence that typically features a single flower. Each flower can grow to a size of 12 cm, displaying yellow-green sepals and petals adorned with purple-brown mottling.

Cypripedium kentuckiense

Cypripedium kentuckiense 'Judith'

Cypripedium lichiangense

Cypripedium macranthos

Cypripedium macranthos 'Album'

Cypripedium macranthos 'Hotei'

Cypripedium macranthos 'Kamanashi'

Cypripedium macranthos 'Red Russian'

Cypripedium macranthos John Hagger Group

Cypripedium macranthos dark pink from Wou-long, China

Cypripedium macranthos f. albiflorum

Cypripedium macranthos from Lake Baikal

Cypripedium macranthos green-flowered

Cypripedium macranthos hybrid

Cypripedium macranthos light pink from Man-chou, China

Cypripedium macranthos var. hotei-atsumorianum

Cypripedium macranthos var. hotei-atsumorianum Sadovsky

Cypripedium macranthos var. rebunense

Cypripedium macranthos var. speciosum

Cypripedium margaritaceum

Cypripedium micranthum

Cypripedium microsaccos

Cypripedium montanum

Cypripedium niveum

Cypripedium occidentale

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