Welcome to Raising Rarities

Lady's  Slipper  Orchids  available  for  mail  order

Our Fall 2011/Spring 2012 offering are now available!

Featuring Bletillas

Select Cypripedium Species and Hybrids

Raising Rarities offers a fine selection of Cypripedium hybrids and species and hardy terrestrial orchids.        

Below are some of our select Cypripedium and Bletilla hybrid offerings this 2011-12 season:          
C. Aki, C. Andrewsii, C. Dietrich, C. Gisela, C. Birigit Pastel, C. Kristi Lyn, C. Pixi, C. Lothar Pinkepank, C. Sabine Pastel, C. Ulla Silkens, C. Ursel, C. Victoria and C. Ventricosum Pastel.     
 

C. Hank Small

This is C. Maria  
 

     
  Cypripediums Gisela and Sabine

C. Victoria is a cross between 
   C. X C.

C. Michael Pastel	C. Aki
C. Ulla Silkens	C. Inge

Cypripedium Birgit Pastel is a beautiful lady slipper.
 

Cypripedium Ventricosum Pastel is...

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Hybrid Cypripediums can look like this in your garden.


Hybrid Cypripediums can look like this in your garden.  

'Raising Rarities' is most interested in offering the hardy orchid enthusiast the Cypripedium species, known commonly as hardy 'Lady's-Slipper Orchids'. We are also interested in all native hardy orchids and understanding how they grow and propagate. We want all entering this site to know how to grow them.

Blitilla ochracea var. Pink form	Bletilla Yokohama "Kate"

Any plant is rare for two main reasons, a slow growth rate and special growth requirements.
Other reasons include plant collection and unmanaged land development with respect to the
diversity of its ecology, both of which we are opposed to.  

For these reasons we are pleased to offer plants that are grown from seed in-vitro, or artificially in sterilized flasks and formula. We also offer plants that are rescued from the wild with permission from state authorities on land that is destined for roadwork or development.

Bletilla Brigantes	Bletilla Green Dragon

We hope that you enjoy the beauty of the Cypripediums we offer on this site. In the following pages we hope that you can further enjoy our beautiful gardens where we display these and other rare beauties of nature and the orchid species. Follow this link: Cypripediums sold here. We now accept major credit cards and electronic checking through PayPal.com or credit cards can also be phoned in.




  C. parviflorum var. parviflorum is the smaller         This is a fine example of a mature plant of C.
    yellow Cypripedium and usually has darker                                 kentuckiense.
                                   petals.

Cypripediums for sale here