Cypripedium ‘Otto’

Cypripedium 'Otto' has warm yellow pouches and highly twisted and rippled burgundy petals.

Cypripedium ‘Otto’ (C. calceolus x C. pubescens) has medium-sized flowers with warm yellow pouches that contrast boldly with highly twisted and rippled warm burgundy petals. One to two flowers per stem. Blooms in May. 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 Orchid

Family:  Orchidaceae (The Orchid Family)

Zone Hardiness:  3-8

Light:  Part Shade, Part Sun

Height:  12-24"

Width:  12-24"

Primary Bloom Colour:  Yellow

Secondary Bloom Colour:  Burgundy

Bloom Time:  Spring

Foliage Colour:  Green

Class:  Deciduous

Type:  Perennial

Soil Moisture:  Moist, Average

Stem Colour:  

Fragrance:  No

Berries:  

Benefits:  

Deer Resistant:  Unknown

BC Native:  No

Native Habitat:  

Award:  

Geographical Origin:  Garden Origin