General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height: 2 to 8 inches (5-20cm)
Leaves: Other: Single basal leaf
Flowers: Showy
Other: Usually solitary, rarely with 2 flowers.
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Pink, Yellow
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Corm
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Monoecious
Endangered

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Common names
  • Fairy Slipper
  • Deer's Head Orchid
  • Hider-of-the-North
  • Redwood Orchid
  • Fairyslipper
  • Fairy-Slipper

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Location: Oregon
Date: 2011
Location: Vancouver Island, BC

Date: 4000-12-05
Photo: Sara Evans Kirol
Location: Montane elevation, Banff N.P., where this species grows in great density in some areas.
Date: 2010-06-21
Location: Calypso orchid (Calypso bulbosa) on Siskiyou Wilderness Doe Flat Trail
Date: 2009-05-31
Photo courtesy of: Miguel Vieira

Date: c. 1925
illustration from Walcott's 'North American Wild Flowers', 1925

credit: Jacob W. Frank
Location: Montane elevation forest edge, Banff N.P.; naturally-occurring white form.
Date: 2010-06-21

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