Pink Lady's Slipper
by Carla Parris
Title
Pink Lady's Slipper
Artist
Carla Parris
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Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
Lady’s slippers are delicate woodland plants which favor moist, rich, organic soil and dappled shade. This Pink Ladyslipper ((Cypripedium acaule), a native flowering plant of the Smoky Mountains, was discovered in these exact conditions in the mountainside woods of North Carolina in May, 2018.
The Lady’s Slipper’s genus name, Cypripedium, is derived from “Cypris,” or “Cyprus,” the mythical birthplace of the mythological figure Aphrodite (Venus), and “pedilon” or "pedilum," meaning a shoe, or slipper, or feet, or sandal. So this lovely orchid’s name literally means “Aphrodite’s Slipper.”
The Lady’s Slipper bloom has fused petals that form an enlarged pouch or modified lip (labellum), resembling a slipper or shoe, backed by three slender, dark, twisted petals. The flower is supported by a stem growing from a basal set of large, elliptical, ribbed leaves.
These members of the Orchidaceae family, also called Moccasin Flower, Slipper Orchid, and Lady's Slipper Orchid, generally bloom in late spring and early summer. These wildflowers are rare and their flowers typically only last from 7 to 14 days.
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May 20th, 2018
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