Monday, June 03, 2013

Cypripedium acaule


They are characterised by the slipper-shaped pouches of the flowers – the pouch traps insects so they are forced to climb up past the staminode, behind which they collect or deposit pollina, thus fertilizing the flower. The lady's slipper is also known in the States as the moccasin flower, from its resemblance to a moccasin.


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