Ayre's* Orchis Family               Southcott

Many thousands of species found all over the world. They largely depend on insects for pollination. The flower is usually in six parts; three sepals resemble three petals. One of the petals, the lip, usually dilated, sometimes enlarged at base into a spur. Perennials, often with tubers for roots. The Greek name.

	305.	Yellow Lady's Slipper. Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. Greenish-yellow flower, striped with purple.---Bogs, N. Amer., W. Nfld. Greek, Kupris, Venus; pedilon, slipper. Cypripedium chiefly a N. Americ. And Asiatic genus. Var. pubescens (Willld.) Knight. Taller. Rich yellow lip.---Woods, W. Nfld. Var. planipetalum Fernald. Short and broad flat petals.---W. Nfld.

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Showy Lady's Slipper. Cypripedium reginae Walt.; C. hirsutum Miller. Stout hairy plant. Large white flowers varied with pink.---Wet mossy woods¸marshes, N. Amer., W. Nfld.---July.

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Moccasin Flower. Stemless Lady’s Slipper. Cypripedium acaule Ait.; Fissipes Sm. Two leaves. One-flowered. Lip crimson, sometimes white.---N. Amer., Nfld.---June.

*Agnes Marion Miller Ayre. Wild Flowers of Newfoundland.
St. John's, Newfoundland : Published privately by A.M. Ayre, 1935, p. 1-3