RHH's photos with the keyword: brownie lady's slipper

This was photographed in the area of Leavenworth, Washington, and is our smallest and rarest Lady's Slipper. It is also very hard to find since it grows low to the ground and is often hidden by the grasses and other vegetation. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2013/05/orchid-hunting-in-leavenworth-area.html

The picture I posted earlier of this species was of a very pale form. This is one of the darker forms, sometimes referred to as forma purpureum. The color forms shade into each other and are usually found growing together. This example was photographed in the Greenwater area north of Mount Rainier. nativeorchidsofthepacificnorthwest.blogspot.com/2012/08/b...

One more photo of this unique Cypripedium, this time showing some of the detail of the flowers. The Brownie or Clustered Lady's Slipper is the smallest by far of our native Cypripediums and also one of the rarest. The flowers are about an inch in size (2.5 cm) and the plant less than 12 inches tall. nativeorchidsofthepacificnorthwest.blogspot.com/2012/08/b...

This is the rarest and smallest of our native Lady's Slippers. I was out last week in eastern Washington at a site I was acquainted with and found a few plants. I checked out another site and didn't find any there. Their common name is Clustered Lady's Slipper or Brownie Lady's Slipper and while the leaves are 4-6 inches across the plants are only a few inches tall and tend to hide under other plants. The flowers vary in color from green to a very deep mahogany. nativeorchidsofthepacificnorthwest.blogspot.com/2013/05/sixth-week-of-native-orchid-season.html