For the first time I looked down on the moccasin flower or pink lady-slipper (Cypripedium acaule), the largest of our native orchids. For a long time I hung over the flower.

BOISE, Idaho — Orchids are spectacular flowers, but most of us find them pretty hard to grow. We’ll talk to an orchid expert to learn more. When you think of an orchid, you probably think ...

The lip, often shaped like a shoe, inspired the names “lady’s-slipper,” “fairyslipper” and “moccasin flower.” Many orchids contain a nectar-producing spur and emit a sweet fragrance.

Also known as the moccasin flower, this member of the orchid family is now in bloom along with the state flower, the lilac. Advertisement But the two could not be more different.

The flower show is still a tradition that marks our March calendar each year. For more than 30 years, it has been an honor for me to be part of the lectures, demonstrations and now the Gardener ...

However, instead of the woodland wild flowers of May, those that add color to these hot days are mostly in the open. 3 months/99¢ a month SUBSCRIBE NOW Show Search. Clear Search Query Submit Search.

20 Heron Plumes 7 Lady Slipper Orchids 10 Moccasin Flower Orchids: $125: 3: 25 Gator Eggs 3 Acuna’s Star Orchids 7 Cigar Orchids 5 Ghost Orchids: $150: 4: ...

Lady slipper (Cypripedium acaule) orchid is also called Pink moccasin flower because of shape of the pink bloom, which resembles a moccasin. It grows in the acid, sandy soils of the local woods ...

Orchids are a large and diverse group of flowers. While we tend to think of the dazzling yellow lady-slippers, the pink lady-slippers (moccasin flower) or the pink and white large plants of showy ...

The lady’s-slipper, whose genus name Cypripedium is Greek for “Venus’s slipper,” is our best known native orchid. The pink lady’s-slipper, or moccasin flower, that I saw is the most ...