Cypripedium ventricosum Rhynchospora Well-drained soils during the dormant

Well-drained soils during the dormant period are the key to success with Arisaema speciosum

bright sun and slightly moist soils are best

When the flowering event is over

highlighted by a small purple dot where the petiole connects

Cypripedium ventricosum Rhynchospora Well-drained soils during the dormantThis rare orchid, Cypripedium x ventricosum, hails from that favorite vacation spot of Russian dissidents, Siberia. Cypripedium x ventricosum was long thought to be a new species until research showed it to be a natural hybrid of Cypripedium calceolus and Cypripedium macranthos I guess anything goes when the nights get cold and lonely. The slippers range from pale lavender to brownish, depending on which parent contributed the most genes, and the same