Lady Slipper Orchid - Cypripedium - “slipper of Venus" - "the goddess of gardens"
These orchids are characterized by the slipper-shaped pouches of the flowers – the pouch traps insects so they are forced to climb up past the staminode, behind which they collect or deposit pollen, thus fertilizing the flower. There are approximately 165 species in the subfamily."
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Lady Slipper Orchid - Cypripedium - “slipper of Venus" - "the goddess of gardens"
These orchids are characterized by the slipper-shaped pouches of the flowers – the pouch traps insects so they are forced to climb up past the staminode, behind which they collect or deposit pollen, thus fertilizing the flower. There are approximately 165 species in the subfamily."
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Uploaded on July 23, 2019
Taken on July 17, 2019