Boreal, temperate, and tropical ... orchid species. Among them is the showy lady’s slipper (Cypripedium reginae), a member of the orchid family (and the rarest). This is the Minnesota State ...

The orchid family is one of the largest flowering plant families in the ... Most varieties of slipper orchids are terrestrial ...

Paphiopedilums are part of the sub-family Cypripedioideae, or lady's slipper family. Unlike epiphytic orchids, which grow in trees, these orchids grow on the floor of tropical forests in their ...