A cluster of Minnesota’s state flower was taken without permission from public land west of New Ulm. Brown County Sheriff’s Office received a report last week the Showy lady slippers

It was peak season for Pink Ladies Slippers (Cypripedium acaule) in Great Smoky Mountains National Park last week. This photogenic grouping was growing atop a mossy rock in the northwestern part of the park.

Solitary Pink Lady Slipper in Mountain Woods

Provincial flower of Prince Edward Island - Lady slipper

South-central Virginia

Lady Slipper Orchid in the Orchideeënhoeve (Orchid Farm) in Luttelgeest, the Netherlands. The popular paphiopedilums (genus Paphiopedilum), often abbreviated Paph, are flowering plants in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The name Paphiopedilum is derived from Greek word paphius and pedilon, wich means shoes. The populair name for Paphiopedilum is Lady Slipper. It contains about 80 accepted species nowadays, some of which are natural hybrids. Paphiopedilum orchids are mostly terrestrial and…