   Calypso bulbosa, Lady (Fairy) Slipper Orchid Synonyms: Cytherea bulbosa, Cypripedium bulbosum, Calypso borealis.A Native woodland orchid with beautifully marked magenta/purple blooms on short stems (2 inches), arising from a small corm. These small and delicate blooms are fragrant!
Habitat:
The lady slipper orchid may be found in cool, moist, shady forests in soils rich with decaying leaves, needles, and wood. It may be found from near sea level to fairly high in the mountains.
Range:
The lady slipper orchid is found over much of Eurasia and North America. It may be found from Alaska to Labrador and southwards to California, Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan, New York, and Maine.
Calypso bulbosa is a common woodland plant here and does very well as a container plant if PROTECTED from plant predators: Slugs, Mice, grandchildren etc. and most importantly BIRDS. Birds will find this plant and totally demolish every bit of it including the corm within a NANOSECOND! Not Jays, not Starlings, but any of the sweet little songbirds that like to scratch around in the duff and so these really must be grown under the cover of a SCREEN. Bloom size varies (click to enlarge), and is likely to depend more on environment then on bulb size. Eventually a large corm will divide into 2 or 3 new corms as seen in the photo to the left.   1 actively growing corm, actively growing in a 2 inch pot, PNW natives normally grow fall-spring and are summer dormant, that is how they evoLved to withstand our dry summers. VERY LIMITED SUPPLY, I WILL NO LONGER PROPAGATE IT OR CARE FOR IT. THE MAURADING DOGS HAVE DECIDED TO USE THE LARGE COLONY AS A LATRINE AND MANY CALYPSO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. THE CALYPSO WAS SCREENED TO PROTECT IT FROM RACOONS, BUT LARGE, VICIOUS DOGS ARE NO MATCH FOR ANY OF OUR FENCING. SINCE WE CANNOT FENCE DOGS OUT, THE LINN COUNTY, OR SHERIFF'S AND ANIMAL "CONTROL" OFFICE HAVE REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT (ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LAWS AGAINST, FARMERS DO NOT QUALIFY FOR ANY PROPERTY OR PERSONAL RIGHTS IN THIS STATE) AND CONTINUALLY AID AND ABET OUR SCUMBAG NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE LOOSE AND/OR CONSTNTLY BARKING DOGS AND THE STATE OF OREGON HAS GRANTED DOGS A LICENCE TO KILL.
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