Cypripedium reginae

Cypripedium reginae is an eastern North American native with pink-flushed pouches and pure white sepals.

Cypripedium reginae is a rare and exquisite winter-hardy orchid with white flowers and delicate fuchsia-pink slippers atop rich green foliage. One to two flowers per stem. Requires two to three hours of direct sunlight per day from morning or late afternoon sun, with part shade during the hottest part of the day. Best in moist but well-drained soil. From eastern Canada and the US. Grown from seed. Some variation will exist from plant to plant. Blooming size.

Common Name:  Showy Lady's Slipper

Family:  Orchidaceae (The Orchid Family)

Zone Hardiness:  2-8

Light:  Part Shade, Part Sun, Full Shade

Height:  12-24"

Width:  8-12"

Primary Bloom Colour:  Pink

Secondary Bloom Colour:  White/Cream

Foliage Colour:  Green

Class:  Deciduous

Type:  Perennial

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Soil Moisture:  Moist, Average

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Fragrance:  No

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Deer Resistant:  Unknown

BC Native:  No

Native Habitat:  Coniferous and hardwood fen forests, openings, fen meadows, hillside seeps, meadows, prairies, dune lags, seeping cliffs; mostly from 0-600m.

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