  | Cypripedium Aki----------------C. macranthos X C. pubescens C. Aki has very large flowers. The inflated lip has varried shades of rose pink coming from its Asian parentage, with deeper tones in the veins as well.The petals and sepals are streaked with colors varying from pink to burgandy to cream. The flower size is nearly the size of C. Gisela however the plant is only slightly larger. This striking flower blooms around mid May The number of Aki grow gradually durring the years taking more time than the other hybrids. NEAR BLOOM SIZE
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  | Cypripedium Aki Pastel ---- C. macranthos X C. pubescens (SELECTED FOR COLOR) C. Aki Pastel is just about the finest and rarest of the new hybrids. It has a large inflated lip and beautiful spiraled petals. By carefully selecting the parental crosses, lovely pastel coloring is produced. Aki Pastel has a pure white lip with soft yellow two apricot petals. Extra beauty and richness is added in the form with red spots and streaks. Please note, like all of our hybrids, this is a strain and not a clone and their will be variation between plants. The pictures are typical but not identical. NEAR BLOOM SIZE
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  | Cypripedium Emil --------------C. parrviflorum X C calceolis As you can see C. Emil can give you additional flower in the spring, one above the other, which is not as common among Cypripediums, but common in C. henryi. This cross brings together two species from Europe (C. calceolis) and the other from North America (C. parviflorum). They look much like a very robust C. parviflorum with strong color. Crossing two species will undoubtedly give you genetically stronger offspring. Nice near bloom size plants. NEAR BLOOM SIZE SOLD OUT
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 | Cypripedium Gisela ----------- C. macranthus X C. parviflorum Cypripedium Gisela will really please you allot even if you have not had any experiences with ladys slippers in your garden. This a robust hybrid and within a few years it will form big clumps, 30-45 cm (11-16 in) high. Regular fertilizing is required for vigorous growth. Just fertilize as you would with other perennials. The flowers open in mid-May with striking beauty and will enrich your garden. Very hardy to zone 5. SOLD OUT NEAR BLOOM SIZE
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  | Cypripedium Gisela Pastel (SELECTED FOR COLOR) NEW! Cypripedium Gisela Pastel will really please you allot even if you have not had any experiences with ladys slippers in your garden. This a robust hybrid and within a few years it will form big clumps, 30-45 cm (11-16 in) high. Regular fertilizing is required for vigorous growth. Just fertilize as you would with other perennials. The flowers open in mid-May with striking beauty and will enrich your garden. Very hardy to zone 5.
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 | Cypripedium Hank Small C.parviflorum X C. henrii Cypripedium Hank Small will really please you allot even if you have not had any experiences with ladys slippers in your garden. This a robust hybrid and within a few years it will form big clumps, 30-45 cm (11-16 in) high. Regular fertilizing is required for vigorous growth. Just fertilize as you would with other perennials. The flowers open in mid-May with striking beauty and will enrich your garden. Very hardy to zone 5.
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 | Cypripedium Kristi Lyn-------C. pubescens X C. henrii NEW! Cypripedium Kristi Lyn looks like an extraordinary nice form of the North American species Cypripedium pubescens, with the yellow pouch and the striking brown striped petals. It is very vigorous and robust.Especially the increasing yellowcoloration towards the center makes the flowers of Kristi Lyn a very attractive garden specimen. It is among the larger and more conspicuous breedings and is recommended for the middle part of your orchid bed. Very hardy to zone 5.
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 | Cypripedium Maria------------C. parviflorum X C. speciosum NEW! Cypripedium Maria has a bit more dainty habit than C. Gisela and broader leaves. The flower is similarly coloured but opens up approximately one week later, so that Gisela and Maria make it possible to stager the flowering period in your Cypripedium bed. C. Maria is absolutely hardy to zone 5.
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 | Cypripedium Paul------------C.parviflorum X C. franchetii C. Paul will not be available again until 2014 NEW! Cypripedium Paul is a newly registered cross. C. Paul comes in two variations, one with whitish ground color similar to C. Gisela and C. Maria. The other with yellowish shading. Above this lay brick-red stripes, rich in contrast. As we raise our hybrids from seed, each specimen looks different. Wait and see what the coloration of your plant will be. This beauty will not be offered again for a few more years. Very hardy to zone 5.
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 | Cypripedium Sabine Pastel C. fasciolatum X C. macranthose (SELECTED FOR COLOR) NEW! Sabine Pastel is a large petalled cross, more than double the size of C. Gisela. The lip alone reaches almost chicken egg size. The plant itself grows only to a maximum of 18 inches. In addition,the plant has a strong stem and large leaves the size of your hand, with flowers that will last about three weeks! This gives extended enjoyment for this wonderful eye-catching hybrid. Give Sabine Pastel a good spot in your garden or orchid bed. You wont regret it. NEAR BLOOM SIZEAVAILABLE
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  | Cypripedium Philipp----------C. kentuckiensis X C. macranthose Cypripedium Philipp has a very big flower and grows quite high to about 23 inches. It is an impresive sight in any garden. This cross flowers later than the others, around the end of May. Impressively long its flower can last to 4 weeks! When planted with with C. Ulla Silkins or even C. reginae your flowering season for the Cyps. can last from May to June. NEAR BLOOM SIZEAVAILABLE
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 | Cypripedium flavum The name fits this flower beautifully, its creamy yellow pouch reminiscent of butter makes this a flavorful selection from the Orient. SOLD OUT
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 | Cypripedium kentuckiense In my opinion C. kentuckience is the finest to grow and most spectacular of all Cypripedium species. Why? It is the largest size and has a very distinctive color contrast between the petals and dorsal which are shades of burgandy and the large inflated creamy pouch. My favorite! These plants are grown in-vitro into there third season about 2 years to bloom. Hardy to Zone 5.
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| Cypripedium reginae Cyp. reginae is our lovely North American species, grown in flask. Sometimes called the "showy ladys slipper", and the state flower of Minnesota. It looks just as the picture shows, white petals and pink lip. These are very nice 6th year flask grown Cypripedium reginae rhizomes.
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 | Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens Common name: Large yellow ladyslipper. (Very mature if not bloom size). These are one of the first of the ladyslippers to bloom in season. These robust specimens grow from twelve to eighteen inches in height. Here in Toledo, Ohio they are generally in bloom for Mothers Day. Beautiful mature bloom size plants-RESCUEDSOLD OUT
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 | Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum These are the smaller yellow ladyslipper. Standing about 12 in. tall. I find them to be quite special in choice locations and very often colonize quite well into large clumps of sometimes 20 or more stems. I notice that they are blooming a bit sooner than Cyp. parviflorum var. pubescens. These are flask grown. Nice bloom size plants SOLD OUT
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 | Cypripedium substrate MUST BUY AT LEAST TWO TO ORDER "cyp culture in pots mix" We are now offering our cypripedium mix as described on our Order Form Page link, "How To Grow Cypripediums". Always water after planting and it is a must to mulch because of the loose texture of the substrate that could otherwise dry out especially durring a dry spell.. Because of the weight and the shipping cost, two bags must be ordered. Plant in photo is not included. cyp culture in pots mix
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 | Bletilla ochracea NEW! This orchid is commonly called the Marsh Helleborine. Found in most of Europe except the extreme north and in parts of the mediterranean region and eastwards as far as Iran. It is found in marshes, damp sand dune slacks and wet moorlands, generally in colonies. The sepals are greenish grey outside, and reddish inside. The petals are whitish with reddish brown stripes and the lip is whitish with reddish veins. Flowers June to August.
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 | Bletilla Penway Dragon NEW! This orchid is commonly called the Marsh Helleborine. Found in most of Europe except the extreme north and in parts of the mediterranean region and eastwards as far as Iran. It is found in marshes, damp sand dune slacks and wet moorlands, generally in colonies. The sepals are greenish grey outside, and reddish inside. The petals are whitish with reddish brown stripes and the lip is whitish with reddish veins. Flowers June to August. SOLD OUT
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 | Calopogon tubersosis NEW! This orchid is the most under rated plant in the entire universe. The flowers are of a good size, about the size of a fifty cent piece. It can get about six to 10 blooms on them and have a good bloom period about three weeks. Beautiful color and showy. SOLD OUT
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 | Dactylhoriza majalis Native to Europe this orchid has spotted foliage. The flowers are variable, pink, mauve, redish or white with darker markings. They can be an extremely variable species. Found in habitats of acid soils, heaths, moorlands, bogs and lightly wooded areas. Flowers in late April to August. A very nice Orchid with a column of small flowers.
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 | Platanthera blephariglottis This is an American native commonly called the white fringed orchid. It is natually found in bogs and damp meadows. The inflorescence will have about twenty to thirty white flowers whith a deeply fringed lip. The white fringed orchid can bloom anytime between June and August, only once a season. Offered are small tuberuos rhizomes about one year to bloom. SOLD OUT
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 | Platanthera clavellata This is an American native commonly called the white fringed orchid. It is natually found in bogs and damp meadows. The inflorescence will have about twenty to thirty white flowers whith a deeply fringed lip. The white fringed orchid can bloom anytime between June and August, only once a season. Nice bloom sized plants. SOLD OUT
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 | Spiranthes odorata This is also an native to the United States and is commonly called Fragrant Ladys Tresses. The sweet smelling flower spikes I am told is a tetraploid and can reach close to three feet in height. Habitats include wet woodlands, grassy alkaline marches, and wet depressions in grassland and can often grow in water. Flowers late in the season in October. Flowering sized plants available.
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