If you're a gardener that isn't already familiar with lady slipper orchids—known scientifically as Cypripedium reginae—then you're missing out. "A lady slipper is a beautiful flower naturally shaped ...

Lady-slippers have the reputation of being difficult to grow, and some are. In the wild, their miniscule seeds generally cannot develop into plants without the presence of special soil fungi to ...

Dear master gardener: A friend told me that it is illegal to pick a lady’s slipper because it is our state flower. Is this true? Is it possible to buy the plant for my garden? The Showy Lady’s Slipper ...

The orchid family is one of the largest flowering plant families in the world. Orchids can be found on every continent except Antarctica, from the steamy jungles of Asia to the dry deserts of Africa, ...

More than 30 showy lady’s-slippers surprised Clyde and Stacie Varnson, who live on 10th Crow Wing Lake. While they have many yellow lady’s-slippers on their property, these are the first showy ...

Irises are in bloom as I walk by the pond. They have just begun to show their blue colors to this wetland. As I enter the woods, I note small trees and bushes flowering along the trail. In the woods’ ...

A familiar song — “tea-cher, Tea-Cher, TEA-CHER!” — greeted me as I stepped from my car. I first heard that territorial assertion of the ovenbird in this same spot 39 years ago in 1984. Another three ...

PORTSMOUTH, KELLY O’BRIEN, WMUR, NEWS 9. NOW TO OUR U LOCAL HOT SHOT. TAKE A LOOK MORE THAN A DOZEN LADY SLIPPERS GROWING IN HOOKSETT SHARE YOUR SHOTS OF LIFE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE BY JOINING THE U LOCAL ...

CHANHASSEN, Minn. — The Arboretum’s Plant Conservation Program aims to promote the conservation of rare and native plant species in Minnesota. David Remucal and a team of staff and volunteers work to ...

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