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Re: [SG] Just bought a plant

Cyan Engsun wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>   I just bought a Cypripedium parviflorum pubescens (yellow lady's
> slipper)
> and the only info I got was how to plant it. Does anyone know more
> about this
> plant?
>           Thanks in advance,
>                              Cyan-zone 4

Cyan:

    I see you found the web sites so you may already have the
information you needed but thought this may be of interest to those that
don't go to the web sites.

    AHS A-Z states these plants thrive in moist, fertile soil especially
in woodland settings. Most are zone 2,3 - 7 hardy and prefer a sheltered
site in dappled or partial shade. Most prefer acidic soil BUT C.
calceolus (what AHS calls Yellow lady's slipper) prefers a slightly
alkaline soil.

    Don't mean to start this round table again but here is the
importance of scientific name versus common name. You call your plant a
Yellow ladys' slipper but give the scientific name Cypripedium
parviflorum pubescens. AHS A-Z calls their Yellow lady's slipper a
Cypripedium calceolus.

    Are we talking about the same plant?

Tim Wilson
Chagrin Falls, OH
zone 5
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