**We have a very limited number of plants available spring of 2025. There are some extraordinary specimen plants available the likes of which we may not see for several years.

Cypripedium reginae, known as the Minnesota state flower, has a wide geographic range throughout North America. The plants we are offering have been collected and rescued from wild areas slated for road construction or other development with special permits from the Minnesota Department of agriculture. Our plants all have the relevant permit numbers on the plant labels.

For those of you located in Hardiness Zones 2 through 7a, we recommend outdoor, in-ground growing of these orchids. Cypripedium's grow in moist areas and are often found in ditches or in seepage's, so it is important that the root system be in a potting mix or soil that retains moisture and doesn't dry entirely too quickly. As winter approaches, be sure to mulch the plants with 3" to 5" of leaf litter such as oak leaves after the first frost. These orchids typically lose their leaves between August and October, as they go dormant in fall and winter. The plants we have available are very limited and will arrive potted in a mix of cocoa peat and perlite/grit. We will enclose a care guide with your shipment.

Please note: The plants we offer have good root systems. Multiple growth ones are unusual specimens we don’t often get. Grow them like a perennial in your garden in a dampish area with bright morning light and shade during the hot part of the day. Dappled sunlight works well too. We will send care sheets with each order that have instructions on planting and growing these properly. These instructions are also in our orchid care section on our website.

Because we have no control as to how these will be cared for, we can not guarantee buds or flowers. It is possible some of the growths will wait a year to flower others will bloom very nicely. Most plants will be shipped in pot but the really large ones may be shipped in soil and bags around the root systems.CHOOSE FedEx Priority or Standard overnight for best results.