As a comment about Showy Lady's Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium reginae), greene wrote:

January 3, 2016
This crazy warm winter weather has confused the plants. They sent up flower stalks and are ready to bloom.

Update:
The weather turned cold again and the flower stalks are black. Dead. I hope the plant will cooperate and send up new flower shoots when Spring arrives.
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Jan 5, 2016 1:44 PM CST
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Name: Leslieray Hurlburt
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I hope you'll post a photo to document this interesting anomaly. I tip my hat to you.
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May 18, 2016 11:24 AM CST
Name: Gabriel
Minneapolis, Minnesota (Zone 5a)
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Huh. I guess the plant is tough to grow in places where it can interpret winter as spring.
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May 18, 2016 4:22 PM CST
Name: greene
Savannah, GA (Sunset 28) (Zone 8b)
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I was not able to take photos, sorry. The plants turned completely black from the cold. I do not expect to see blooms this year, but happily now that the weather is warm/hot the plants are doing good.
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