This Cypripedium formosanum plant is terrestrial. It's also known as a slipper orchid and was growing in the warmth of the Alpine House of the RHS Gardens at Harlow Carr. It's got a really delicate colouring and pleated leaves which I find fascinating. Apparently, it's the easier Cypripedium to grow and although it needs moisture it has to be grown in a well-drained medium. You can see from the photograph that it is in gritty soil. One website says it grows the plants in a mixture of river sand and loam. It's not frost hardy.
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| Cypripedium formosanum in Alpine House, RHS Gardens, Harlow Carr, April 2014 |