Pink lady-slipper orchids (also known as moccasin flower or stemless lady-slipper since the growth from the flower to the base of the plant is technically not a stem, but a stalk part of the ...

The unusual shape of the pink lady’s slipper is all about attracting pollinators and ensuring pollen transfer. The lady’s slipper sac-like flower is composed of fused petals that form a hollow ...

Theft of the Minnesota state flower is a misdemeanor. The lady slipper flowers from early June to mid-July and grows in spruce and tamarack bogs, swamps, wet meadows, wet prairies and cool, damp ...

The pink lady’s slipper, also known as moccasin flower, is listed as one of Georgia’s 103 protected plants, mostly because it takes many years to grow from seed to mature plant, which can then ...

The common pink lady slipper flower is shaped like a pouch with an opening at the front and another at the back. When a medium sized bumble bee enters the front opening the flaps close behind it, ...

Finding a lady slipper in the woods is a magical Maine springtime moment. The pink bulbous blossom stands out in the moist woodland understory. Lady slippers are a bizarre orchid species with ...

BIG SOUTH FORK, Tenn. (WJHL) – The National Park Service is asking for information about the theft of pink lady slipper flowers in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area ...

Pink lady slipper. Sherri O'Brien Bumblebees, usually newly-emerged naive ones, are attracted to the sweet-smelling flowers.

For the first time I looked down on the moccasin flower or pink lady-slipper (Cypripedium acaule), the largest of our native orchids. For a long time I hung over the flower.

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 ...