Pink Lady Slipper

Cypripedium guttatum

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Botanical name
Cypripedium guttatum
Also known as
Pink Lady Slipper, Spotted Lady's Slipper, Spotted Lady's-Slipper
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Cypripedium
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Pink Lady Slipper

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Cypripedium guttatum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Cypripedium bouffordianum Cypripedium calceolus var. variegatum Cypripedium guttatum f. albiflorum Cypripedium guttatum f. bouffordianum Cypripedium guttatum f. latifolium Cypripedium guttatum f. punicum Cypripedium guttatum f. redowskii Cypripedium guttatum var. koreanum Cypripedium guttatum var. redowskii Cypripedium orientale Cypripedium variegatum

Others in Cypripedium

Cypripedium lichiangense
Lijiang Cypripedium
Cypripedium micranthum
Small Flowered Cypripedium
Cypripedium molle
Soft Cypripedium
Cypripedium wardii
Cypripedium × alaskanum
Cypripedium × andrewsii
Cypripedium × catherinae
Cypripedium × columbianum

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