Pink Lady's Slipper Picture

Pink Lady's Slipper, Cypripedium acaule
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These pictures of the Pink Lady's Slipper were taken on the Rattlesnake Lodge Trail off the Blue Ridge Parkway outside Asheville, Norh Carolina.

The Pink Lady's Slipper flowers in May in this area. In other areas where it grows, it may flower between April and July.

Pink Lady's Slipper grows most commonly in dry forests, often in mats of humus soil covering rocky ground. It can be found in the United States from Georgia to Alabama and northward up to Maine and Minnesota. In Canada, it can be found from Newfoundland to Saskatchewan.

Pink Lady's Slipper is one of the largest orchids in North America. Like all native orchid species, it propagates poorly and should never be picked (even if it appears to be abundant).