http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/natives/msg0611544519842.html?5

Found on the native plants forum...I've never seen one of these before. Very cool looking slipper.

That is cool. I have never seen a real one of these either.

Good post.

Where are they native?

I think this was from Wisconsin.
Shady - you should go hunting, me thinks! :wink:

Really different! I love learning here on this forum!

Thanks!

Very interesting, please someone post more photos of this one.

Okay, I google image searched and found a couple others. If someone wants to go to that original thread and try to contact the original poster and tell him privately through a Gardenweb email about this site, maybe he would like to join. I'd do it but I'm "disney'd" as the saying goes. :roll:

http://freesites.pshift.net/~phaneuf/images/cyp-arietinum7-cropdbl-2nd-copy-web.jpg

http://freesites.pshift.net/~phaneuf/images/cyp-arietinum7web.jpg

I've been trying to find one of those for sale for a while now, or its asian cousin C. plectrochilum. Supposedly they have been known to bloom their first year out of flask. You can see pics of plectrochilum here:
http://www.cypripedium.de/forum/messages/1862.html

This is also the controversal Criosanthes arietinum according to some taxonomists...I am still undecided one way or the other.

Jon

I know who would have these. I'm going to ask him for some tomorrow.

ST

:) *hopes Steve believes in sharing?* :poke:

If you have a fischerii I am sure he might!

beautiful :clap:

that is really cool looking its very jaged!