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Cypripedium
lady's slipper orchid
Synonyms
CriogenesBotanical details
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Cypripedium
- Genus description
Cypripedium are terrestrial orchids with slender rhizomes and soft fan-shaped leaves, spirally arranged or in opposite pairs. Flowers are born in racemes of up to 12 flowers during summer have white, pink, red or purple tepals and a yellow, white, pink or purple pouch
- Name status
Correct
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