are lady slippers rare

For many years, botanists, gardeners, and nature lovers have been fascinated by the lady’s slipper plant, also called the lady’s slipper orchid. It is a captivatingly odd and lovely plant from the Orchidaceae family. Cypripedium pubescens, the scientific name for lady’s slipper, has fifty-eight species. North America, Europe, and Asia are among the Northern Hemisphere’s…