Cypripedium reginae

Cypripedium reginae is a Cypripedium species found from Central to Eastern North America

DescriptionEdit

Plant blooms in early summer with one to three, rarely four, 3-5 cm flowers.

DistributionEdit

Found in calcareous swamps, bogs, and moist woods, ranging from Central Saskatchewan over to Newfoundland and Labrador in the north, and southward into Eastern USA.

CultureEdit

VariantsEdit

NamingEdit

Common names: The Showy Lady's Slipper

SynonymsEdit

1. Cypripedium' reginae f. albolabium Fernald & B.G.Schub., Rhodora 50: 230 (1948).
2. Cypripedium' reginae f. album (Aiton) House, Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 243-244: 37 (1923).
3. Cypripedium' hirsutum f. album R.Hoffm., Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 36: 246 (1922).
4. Calceolus' reginae (Walter) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 117 (1913).
5. Cypripedium' reginae var. album (Aiton) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 19: 208 (1911).
6. Cypripedium' canadense Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 261 (1803).
7. Cypripedium' spectabile Salisb., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 1: 78 (1791).
8. Cypripedium' album Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 303 (1789).