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HARDY ORCHIDS Orchidaceae (Orchid family) |
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Our ground orchids are blooming-size. Most are lab-propagated; a few are divisions. If you love hardy orchids, take a look at our hardy gingers, too. They have an orchid look but they are much easier to grow. Cypripediums require a CITES certificate to be shipped outside Canada. |
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Photograph © Paige Woodward |
Cypripedium
parviflorum var. pubescens Willdenow. Golden
lady's-slipper. Widespread and variable, this orchid is native to
Canada, Alaska and much of the northern United States. What is hairy
("pubescens") is the underside of the top bract sheathing the
stem, at least when young. Our plants have bright yellow slippers with
brown-maroon-spotted sepals; one or two per stem flower here in May-June. Our
plants are lab-propagated and bloomed in 2005 or 2006. Height 25-70 (cm 10-28").
Blooming-size rhizome (Spring shipping only). In Canada $C45.00; elsewhere US$41.00. |
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Cypripedium
montanum Douglas ex Lindley. Mountain
lady's-slipper. White slippers with green-maroon sepals ~ up to
3 flowers per stem ~ bloom in May with us. This orchid is native to W
North America from Alaska to Oregon and west to Wyoming. It is found in
open forest and glades, often protected by shrubs, at up to 2400 m
(7900'), in sometimes quite dry conditions.
Our plants are lab-propagated and bloomed in 2006. We have only a
few. Height 25-70 (cm 10-28").
Blooming-size rhizome (Spring shipping only). In Canada $C60.00; elsewhere US$55.00. |
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Cypripedium
reginae Walter. Showy lady's-slipper. Big flowers with
rosy pouches bloom on tall stems. Native to fens, wet meadows and seeps in
southern Canada from Manitoba to Newfoundland, and in the central and
eastern United States. Our plants are lab-propagated, 6 years old and
ready to bloom. Height 20-90 cm (8-36").
Blooming-size rhizome (Spring shipping only). In Canada $C50.00; elsewhere US$45.50. |
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Goodyera oblongifolia
Rafinesque. Plantain
orchid. We offer divisions of a few plants that we collected
years ago on our own land in the Gulf Islands off SW British
Columbia.
Blooming-size rhizome (Spring shipping only). In Canada C$8.00; elsewhere US$7.25. |
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Photograph © Dorrie Woodward |
Platanthera
dilatata (Pursh) Lindley ex
L.C. Beck. Native to eastern and western North America. These
clove-scented candle-orchids of variable height bloom in wet meadows and
ditches from June to August. Here you see some on Vancouver Island. Our
plants are lab-propagated and bloomed in 2006.
Blooming-size rhizome (Spring shipping only). In Canada $C20.00; elsewhere US$18.50. |
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