Mountain Lady's Slipper (Blog Update)

[ronaldhanko]

Pictures and a description at:

Native Orchids of the Pacific Northwest and the Canadian Rockies: Mountain Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium montanum)

[smartie2000]

wow that photo is awesome

[ronaldhanko]

Thanks, Fren. It was taken in British Columbia between Tete Jaune Cache and Prince George.

[WhiteRabbit]

lovely! reading your blog - it says these grow in Calif ? Far north? Sierra? I would love to see them! Thanks for posting your pix!

[ronaldhanko]

Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit

lovely! reading your blog - it says these grow in Calif ? Far north? Sierra? I would love to see them! Thanks for posting your pix!

It grows in most of the northern and northwestern counties of California and along the coast and in the mountains down into the central part of the state. The USDA's distribution map can be found here: California County Level Distribution for Cypripedium montanum (mountain lady's slipper) | USDA PLANTS
Actual locations are something you'll have to come up with by talking to someone who knows.

[WhiteRabbit]

awesome! hard to tell for sure from that map - but it looks like they could possibly grow in my county! I'll be looking into this further - thanks Ron!


well - looking now - not sure if it actually grows here, but - well I'll look further into it ...

[Hedge]

Really beautiful, Ron! Slipper orchids are really rare inthe wild here.

[ronaldhanko]

Originally Posted by Hedge

Really beautiful, Ron! Slipper orchids are really rare inthe wild here.

Thankfully, there are still places here where they are relatively common.

[RosieC]

This is one of my favourite slippers. I would love to be able to see them in the wild like you.

[ronaldhanko]

Come to the Pacific Northwest in June and you can see them!