Welcome to Raising Rarities

Lady's  Slipper  Orchids  available  for  mail  order

      The Largest selection of cypripediums            offered in the us

Our Fall 2012/Spring 2013 offerings are now available!

NOW Featuring

 Select Cypripedium Hybrids and Species

 and

Bletillas

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 2012-13 season:          
 

NEW HYBRIDS

Achim                            Pluto                            Tilman             Sebastion                Monto

lichiangense X macranthu     Baerbel Schmidt     lichiangense X fasciolatum  montanum X reginae

Please Visit Our Order Form Page and See

Our Newest Line of Hybrids and Species Available

SPECIES

  C. kentuckiense  C. hotei-atsumorianum   C. formosanum        C. reginae Alba         C. Tibeticum         

'Pluto' has very large blooms on compact shoots and is a real eye-catcher best suited at the front of an orchid bed.

   C. Achim                                                      C. John Hagar                

Achim' pleases with its elegant flower shape and mainly pastel colours.

The beautiful flower of John Hagar is a cross between C. hotei-atsumorianum x C.macranthos          
 

C. Michael                                                C. Bernd

This is a beautiful example of how Cyps. can look in your garden. 
 

     
  Cypripediums Gisela and Sabine

                  C. Victoria is a cross between C. pubescens and C. fasciolatum                   Compare the size of the flowers to the azalia behind C. Victoria

C. Michael Pastel	C. Aki
C. Ulla Silkens	C. Dietrich

Cypripedium Ventricosum Pastel is selected for its pale pastel hues. 

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.

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

Cypripediums for sale here