Photo: Yellow Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum), Doug McGrady
We are pleased to announce the winner of last week’s Monday Nature Mystery, Judy Dority!
Congratulations to Phoenix for identifying the quickly identifying the Yellow Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum).
Yellow Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum). Photo: Doug McGrady
According to the North American Orchid Conservation Center, this species produces a large flower with a pale to dark yellow (and very rarely white) pouch-like labellum, which sometimes has reddish spots on the interior. Green or yellowish sepals and petals twist outwards in spirals. It produces up to five stem leaves; both the stem and leaves are covered in thin hairs. It grows in dry to mesic forests, woodlands, fens, prairies, and meadows.
Each Monday we’ll post a new mystery and identify the previous week’s winner. They’ll receive an ASNV hat or tote bag.
Here is this week’s mystery:
Who is this? Can you tell by just the beak?
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Monday Nature Mystery: Who is this?