Cypripedium tibeticum Sun The 8" wide clump is

The 8" wide clump is topped with light lavender flowers in early summer

topped in spring with a flower that includes a purple to violet pouch with similarly colored arching sepals

but it is also required by the larvae of monarch butterflies

The species name rostrata refers to the fruit

Since Polystichum acrostichoides holds onto its leaves for several years

Cypripedium tibeticum Sun The 8" wide clump isCypripedium tibeticum is a tiny hardy ladyslipper orchid species native to southern China (southern Gansu, western Sichuan, western Yunnan, Xizang, as well as Bhutan and Sikkim) at 8,000' 14,000' elevation. In the garden, Cypripedium tibeticum makes a small 8" tall clump, topped in spring with a flower that includes a purple to violet pouch with similarly colored arching sepals. Our seed grown nursery propagated plants are all flowering size. These