Cypripedium japonicum White/Cream Flowering Plants With all those uses

With all those uses

which reaches to 6' tall and holds large red berries

the pitchers lie flat on the ground forming a 1' wide clump with the opening facing upwards

a true dominatrix moment

Cypripedium japonicum White/Cream Flowering Plants With all those usesI'll never forget the time I saw my first Cypripedium japonicum orchid at the US National Arboretum. I had never seen anything quite this beautiful. The spectacular, heavily pleated green leaves of Cypripedium japonicum resemble a Japanese hand fan opened horizontally atop a 6" tall stem. Held just above the foliage is a scrumptious pink ladyslipper like flower. As you can imagine, the supply of these nursery propagated plants is very limited.