Cypripedium Aki Sun to Light Shade but it grows in full

but it grows in full sun and is native to all but 8 states of the continental United States

Dry soils when the plants are dormant in late spring and summer is the key to success

a wide raspberry-pink bowl highlighted by a contrasting white bomb-type center

The 15" wide clumps are adorned with 2"

Cypripedium Aki Sun to Light Shade but it grows in fullCypripedium 'Aki' is a strain of hybrid ladyslipper orchids developed in 1996 by Germany's Werner Frosch by crossing the Chinese Cypripedium macranthos with the American Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens. The heat tolerance of the Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens allows gardeners in warmer climates to have success. The hybrids, which display amazing vigor, emerge in late spring forming 18" tall stalks topped with large plum to pink striped