Stemless Lady’s slipper

Cypripède acaule, Sabot de la Vierge

Cypripedium acaule

• Description

  This plant grows 30-45 cm high. Its flower, usually pink, can sometimes be white. Its name comes from the shape of her swollen lip that looks like a shoe or moccasin. This orchid grows in moist places and grows best in acid soils.

• Habitat

  Forest, Mixed Woods

• Interesting Fact

  It reproduces mainly by rhizome and don't always grow at the same place. This is the provincial floral emblem of PEI. (1) http://espacepourlavie.ca/en/biodome-flora/pink-ladys-slipper (2) Fleurs sauvages du Québec (1998). (3) http://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ladys-slipper/