NW North America H : 30-35 cm (12-14 in)
Z : 3-5 3rd year plants
Blooming: May - July
A pretty stem, often
multifloral, bearing delicate white slippers with long, dark, twisted petals.
This is another relative of C. parviflorum, this one coming from mountainous
regions.
Cypripedium species
normally bloom after their 5th or 6th year (cycle) of growth. Mature plants have
already bloomed or are of blooming size.