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Thought you might like to see the lady slippers that are blooming in my pond garden now. I bought 1 plant from a lady in Mt. Forest, 3 years ago when I was driving home from Parry Sound. I didn’t know if it would grow in my garden or not and since it was a pricy plant I just bought one. It came back the next year, which encouraged me, and actually had a new shoot with it. This year when it came up, it had three shoots. I am going to watch for seeds this year. It would be nice to be able to share, without disturbing the original plant.
This first picture is early this month, the three shoots just out of the ground, at the bottom of the picture…
This next picture was taken about a week ago, the flowers are starting to open…................................
Here you can see the second ladyslipper starting to unfold…................................................................
This was taken this morning with all three in fullbloom. In this heat I don’t know how long they will last so I wanted to show them to you now….................................................................................................
It a little hard to see, but behind the lady slippers you can see the jack-in-the-pulpits. In the last picture and the zoom picture, you can see the J-I-T-P in seed. This seed head will turn fire-engine red and will stay there throughout the winter unless something comes along to eat it or trample it. Once the seeds are scattered, they will germinate and more J-I-T-P will result.
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Greenthumb
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posted 261 days ago
I’m no Orchid expert but I dont think that they produce seeds rather shoots from the mother plant producing other Lady Slippers.
Such a beautiful indiginous orchid isnt it. Comes in yellow too and maybe one more colour?
I know wheres theres a patch of them half the size of a soccer field…....but its quite a torterous hike through swampy grounds to get there.
beautiful
-- Central northish Ontario
Iris43
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posted 261 days ago
Thanks for the info, Greenthumb. I wondered, bc I didn’t see anything that looked like seeds last year. I also have the yellow ladyslipper, but it blooms earlier. And a friend of mine has another ladyslipper, almost purplily, pink that she brought home from her cottage north of Parry Sound. I’m lusting after that one. <vbg>
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XploreOrganics
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posted 261 days ago
They do grow from seeds there is a pod that will be left when the flower dies back….here is an image of one:
http://www.shortcourses.com/naturelog/lady-slipper-05.jpg
-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20
Iris43
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posted 261 days ago
Thanks XO, I will watch for it.
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GrandmaT
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posted 261 days ago
Such a delicate plant Iris … and very beautiful!! Can see why you were drawn to it. Really glad you took some photos to share of this gem!! :-)
-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5
jroot
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posted 260 days ago
Wow. I haven’t had time to check on my lady slippers growing in the bush behind me. Mine are yellow. Yours are a gorgeous colour. Thanks for sharing …. and motivating me to go into the bush to check them out. I have several patches of them growing behind me.
-- jroot
Iris43
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posted 260 days ago
Here’s a picture of the yellow ladyslipper taken earlier this spring.
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Bon
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posted 260 days ago
What a beautiful and dainty flower they are Iris.I really like the looks of that one.How long do they bloom for?
-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more
Iris43
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posted 260 days ago
The yellow actually lasts quite a long time, bc it blooms so early and the weather is still cool. I don’t remember exactly but I would say at least a couple weeks. I am going to pay more attention to the bloom time of these pink ones. When it was so hot and humid earlier this week I thought they wouldn’t last too long but the weather has cooled drastically today, so that should help.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 258 days ago
oh so beautiful… definitely belongs to a fine lady :)
-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan