Mountain Ladyslipper

Cypripedium montanum

Douglas ex Lindl. Species

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Botanical name: Cypripedium montanum
Also known as: Mountain Lady's Slipper, Mountain Lady's-Slipper, Mountain Ladyslipper, White Lady's-Slipper
Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Cypripedium
Reference: World Flora Online

How to grow Mountain Ladyslipper

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

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

Cypripedium montanum f. praetertinctum Cypripedium montanum f. welchii Cypripedium occidentale

Others in Cypripedium

Cypripedium forrestii

Forrest's Cypripedium

Cypripedium franchetii

Franchet's Cypripedium

Cypripedium fred-mulleri

Cypripedium henryi

Henry's Cypripedium

Cypripedium himalaicum

Himalayan Cypripedium

Cypripedium irapeanum

Irapeao Cypripedium

Cypripedium japonicum

Japanese Ladyslipper

Cypripedium kentuckiense

Purloined Slipper

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