Pink Lady Slipper - Cypripedium acaule Ait.
by Blair Wainman
Title
Pink Lady Slipper - Cypripedium acaule Ait.
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Blair Wainman
Medium
Photograph - Print
Description
Pink lady's slipper is a large, showy wildflower belonging to the orchid family. It has two opposite basal leaves with conspicuous parallel veins and a large flower at the end of an erect stalk. The flower is magenta to whitish-pink; sometimes the whitish pink flowers will have darker pink venation. Rarely the flower may be all white. This plant grows 6 to 15 inches tall and flowers generally between May and July.
The species name acaule is Latin, meaning, "stem less", referring to the plant’s leafless flowering stem. Another common name for this plant is moccasin flower.
This Pink Lady Slipper Orchid Wildflower was captured near Anola, Manitoba Canada
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September 20th, 2012
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Comments (9)
Shirley Sirois
This is so lovely, Blair! I have found only white and yellow in Alberta........v.
Blair Wainman replied:
Thank you Shirley!! I had never seen them in pink and white until this year! Thanks for the vote!!
Doris Potter
Wow! This is gorgeous It looks 3-dimensional on my screen. The lighting is wonderful. F/V
Teresa Zieba
Gorgeous image Blair. They are beautiful aren't they?
Blair Wainman replied:
They certainly are beautiful....this was the first year I had the chance to see them!!
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