Cypripedium franchetii

Cypripedium franchetii is a beautiful, large-flowered species with a white pouch and petals beautifully striped with dark pink.

Cypripedium franchetii is from Mainland China. It is a beautiful, large-flowered species with a white pouch and petals beautifully striped with dark pink on stems 4-12 inches high. Grown from seed. Plants will resemble the image but may not be identical. Lady’s slipper hybrids are much more vigorous and easy to grow than species. Well cared for clumps can double their flowering stems ever year! Blooming size.

Common Name:  Lady's Slipper

Family:  Orchidaceae (The Orchid Family)

Zone Hardiness:  3-8

Light:  Part Shade Part Sun

Height:  8-12"

Width:  8-12"

Primary Bloom Colour:  Pink

Secondary Bloom Colour:  White/Cream

Class:  Deciduous

Type:  Perennial

Bloom Time:  Spring

Soil Moisture:  Moist, Average

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Fragrance:  No

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Deer Resistant:  Unknown

BC Native:  No

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