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Lady Slippers in the bog? - Bog Garden Forum - GardenWeb
... GardenWeb Store Return to the Bog Garden Forum | Post a Follow-Up Lady Slippers in the bog? clip this post email this post what is this ... to answer or comment too. I stumbled on some pictures of yours with lady slippers growing next to your carnivores. Don't they like a totally ... (My Page) on Thu, May 11, 06 at 15:10 The only Lady's slipper that I've found suitable for a typical acid bog is C. acaule ...
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Foothills Orchid Society, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
... and Alberta, and are from his CD "Orchids of the Rockies". Cypripedium parviflorum: Yellow Lady's Slipper This species used to be called Cypripedium calceolus. One of the more common wild ladyslippers ... cousin, the Green Bog Orchid blooms at the same time. Cypripedium passerinum: Sparrow's Egg Lady Slipper The spotted pouch explains the name of this beautiful flower. The plant grows up to ...
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Latin Lovers
... the answer to one particular orchid name:- The Paphiopedilum. Paphiopedilum orchids are also known as lady slipper orchids, this common name has been handed down through the generations, but where doe it ... translated would roughly mean the slipper of Venus, or Venus (lady) slipper orchid. The twist in the tale of this particular story is of course the fact that the lady in question was the ...
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Paphiopedilum Image gallery
... from greek word Paphius and pedilon, which means shoes. The popular name for Paphiopedilum is Lady Slipper. Paphiopedilum orchids are mostly terrestrial and sometimes grow as epiphytes plants and originate from the ...
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Tacoma Orchid Society
... species have been able to be cloned, with the exception of the lady slipper orchids. This allowed the price overall to come down. Also, man ... it has enough water to go another day. PAPHIOPEDILUM or The Slipper Orchid This is the easiest orchid for the first time orchid ... division to have a blooming size plant. PHRAGMIPEDIUM These are also slipper orchids but they need high light instead of a lower light ...
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Flower Terminology (Part 1)
... . Whether hymenopterans perceive this flower as an insect is pure speculation by this author. A "lady slipper" orchid of the genus Paphiopedilum. Approximately 50 species of these beautiful orchids are native from ... to New Guinea. Some are pollinated by wasps that are temporarily captured in the bulbous "slipper." The escape route forces them to crawl next to the stamen where they are "dusted ...
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Paghat's Garden: Calceolaria falklandica
... Garden: Calceolaria falklandica Falkland Pocketbook or Slipper Flower; aka, Sand Lady-slipper, Topa-Topa, Capachito or Capachito-topa "Tiptoed many a slipper To Paradise away." -Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) Calceolaria falklandica ... vigil beneath the Cross. Basal leaves are usually under four inches tall, with the slipper flowers rising on on wiry stems to ten inches (its cultivar 'Goldcap' is ...
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Tacoma Orchid Society
... Phalaenopsis is commonly known as the moth orchid because its flowers look somewhat like moths; lady-slipper (paphiopedilum) is so-called because its blooms look like slippers. Both types prefer lower ... grown by Melissa Rathbun-Holstein Paphiopedilum: Lady-slipper (paphiopedilum) is one of the easiest orchids for beginners to grow. The plant’s name comes from the slipper shape of its blooms. This ...
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Information about Lady's Slipper Orchid
... - $20 off an order of $50 White Flower Farm - Gardening Begins Here Lady's Slipper Orchid INFORMATION ABOUT LADY'S SLIPPER ORCHID... By: Nikki Phipps Cypripedium species are members of the orchid family. ... is always bright yellow. The European yellow lady's slipper (C. calceolus) is very similar to C. parviflorum. (C. reginae), called Showy lady's slipper, is the state flower of Minnesota, growing ...
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The Slipper Orchid Alliance -- Home (2004)
... Events Supporting Members Membership Classified Welcome to the Slipper Orchid Alliance The Slipper Orchid Alliance is an international organization dedicated to the slipper group of orchids (those with a pouch ... national, and international venues, This web-site provides information about and pictures of many lady-slipper orchid species and hybrids, as well as cultural instruction and a calendar of ...
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