Cypripedium Reginae

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Showy Lady's-slipper (Cypripedium reginae), also known as the Pink-and-white Lady's-slipper or the Queen's Lady's-slipper, is a rare terrestrial temperate lady's-slipper orchid native to northern North America.Despite producing a large amount of seeds per seed pod, it reproduces largely by vegetative reproduction. and remains an restricted to the North East region of the the United States and south east regions of Canada. Although never common, this rare plant has vanished from much of its historical range due to habitat loss. It has been a subject of horticultural interest for many years with Charles Darwin who like many, were unsuccessful in cultivating the plant.