Cypripedium californicum
Cypripedium californicum is a very rare and exceedingly intriguing lady's slipper that can grow 3-4 feet high with up 21 flowers per stem!
Description:
Cypripedium californicum is a very rare and exceedingly intriguing lady's slipper species from southern Oregon and northern California. It can grow 3-4 feet high in sizable clumps with pleated leaves and up 21 flowers per stem! The flowers are also unusual with pure white pouches and flattened, greenish yellow to mustard yellow petals often flushed with warm brown. Grows in constantly moist sites. An orchid for expert collectors looking for a challenge. Seed grown. Blooming size.
Common Name: California Lady's Slipper - [Spring B&B Pre-Order]
Family: Orchidaceae (The Orchid Family)
Zone Hardiness: 7-9
Light: Part Shade, Part Sun
Height: 2-4'
Width: 4-8"
Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Secondary Bloom Colour: Yellow
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Spring
Soil Moisture: Moist, Wet
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: Yes
Berries:
Benefits:
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: Yes
Native Habitat: Margins of woodland streams, seeps, marshes, and wet slopes, often in open coniferous forests or forest openings and on serpentine soils.
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Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America
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