Lady slipper flowers stolen. By Edie Schmierbach; Jun 17, 2009 Jun 17, 2009 Updated Sep 2, 2014; ... The rare pink and white flowers had been growing in a ditch in Milford Township.

The New Hampshire state wildflower is blooming, and with it, the myth that surrounds it: that it’s super rare, and illegal to pick. In fact, the pink and white flower we know as the Lady Slipper ...

The pink lady’s slipper (Cypripedium acaule) is a type of orchid. As with most orchids, lady’s slipper seeds have no stored starch, they rely on specific fungi in the soil to germinate and grow.

With large, bulb-shaped flowers that range in color from white to various shades of pink, the pink lady’s slipper orchid is one of the most attractive and fascinating wildflowers in Massachusetts.

The pink and white lady’s slipper (Cypripedium reginae), also known as the showy lady’s slipper or queen’s lady slipper, was adopted as the state flower in 1902. Credit: Courtesy of the ...

The lady’s-slipper, whose genus name Cypripedium is Greek for “Venus’s slipper,” is our best known native orchid. The pink lady’s-slipper, or moccasin flower, that I saw is the most ...

The pink lady’s slipper (Cypripedium acaule) is a type of orchid. As with most orchids, lady’s slipper seeds have no stored starch, they rely on specific fungi in the soil to germinate and grow.