Showy Lady's-slippers (Cypripedium reginae) June 2008

A selection of photos of the 2008 blooms on the Showy Lady's-slipper. Bloom date is most always in the first half of June, usually centered around the beginning of the second week. Most other Lady Slippers bloom in May "except the Showy --- which waits until the middle of June to hold the stage alone. To have missed its flowering season in the Garden seems almost to lose part of summer" (Martha Crone). They bloomed later in 2008 due to the late spring warm-up. Eloise Butler reported a late bloom date - around June 18 - happened in 1930 also. Click on any image for a larger photo.
The Showy-lady’s-slipper: "To have missed its flowering season in the garden seems almost to lose part of summer". Martha Crone
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