RHH's photos with the keyword: clustered 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

Also known as the Clustered Lady's Slipper, this tiny orchid is very rare and very hard to find. The plants grow only 5-10 inches tall and the flowers are about an inch in size. These were photographed on an excursion with the Washington Native Orchid Society. We had hoped to find the Mountain Lady's Slipper and the Phantom Orchid in bloom, but neither was in bloom yet.

This is the orchid we were searching for in the Greenwater area north or Mount Rainier, the Clustered or Brownie Lady's Slipper, one of our rarer orchids. We found other orchids as well, seven different species in all, but this was the star. The flowers shown are a very pale form, but there were very dark brownish-mahogany forms growing in the same area. nativeorchidsofthepacificnorthwest.blogspot.com/2012/08/b...

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