The pink lady’s slipper (Cypripedium acaule) is the most frequent of our slippers, but that’s not to say it is common and widespread. Nearly all records come from the hill country of ...

Two Red River Gorge orchids, the pink lady slipper, Cypripedium acaule, and the yellow lady slipper, Cypripedium parviflorum, trick their bee pollinators.

While Cypripedium acaule do sometimes live near the coast, they don’t really qualify as subject matter for this column. However, their homonym, Crepidula fornicata, makes its home along the shore.

A: Ellen Honeycutt, board chair of the Georgia Native Plant Society, says: “Pink lady’s slipper (Cypripedium acaule) is an uncommon native orchid that is vulnerable to pressures associated ...

In the wild I've seen lots of pink lady-slippers (Cypripedium acaule) on Cape Cod in the National Seashore near Provincetown, Mass., and on Canada's Prince Edward Island. Don Avery does not recommend ...

So, what is the difference between native and exotic plants? And are all exotics bad? Here are a few myths that have crept into modern discussions.

The pink lady’s slipper (Cypripedium acaule) is the most frequent of our slippers, but that’s not to say it is common and widespread. Nearly all records come from the hill country of ...