Cypripedium × alaskanum
Mocassin Flower
Cypripedium acaule
Aiton Species
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- Botanical name
- Cypripedium acaule
- Also known as
- Lady's-Slipper Orchid, Mocassin Flower, Mocassin-Flower, Moccasin Flower, Pink Lady's Slipper, Pink Lady's-Slipper, Pink Lady's-Slipper Orchid, Pink Ladyslipper, Pink Moccasin Flower, Small Pink Lady's-Slipper, Stemless Lady's-Slipper
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Cypripedium
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Mocassin Flower
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Cypripedium acaule but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Calceolus hirsutus
Cypripedium acaule f. acaule
Cypripedium acaule f. albiflora
Cypripedium acaule f. biflorum
Cypripedium acaule f. lancifolia
Cypripedium catesbianum
Cypripedium hirsutum
Cypripedium humile
Cypripedium vittatum var. planum
Fissipes acaulis
Fissipes acaulis f. lancifolia
Fissipes hirsuta
Fissipes hirsuta f. albiflora
Others in Cypripedium
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