Broad inflated lips and long reddish twisted tepals.
Order Code: 64-04
Cypripedium Aki
Hardy hybrid Ladyslipper orchid. These are bare rooted young plants which are 1 - 2 years from flowering perfectly suited to cooler shady situations in the company of ferns or hostas where the soil never quite dries out completely. They are very hardy despite their fragile appearance. A hybride of macrantheum x pubescens they produce broad inflated lips and the long reddish twisted tepals. Not to challenging to be impossible but how satisfying would it be growing these. May flowering, red flushed Ladyslipper like flowers, 12" (30cm) tall.
Planting instructions
Cooler growing situation in part shade without extremes of wet or dry. Very hardy.