A cluster of Minnesota’s state flower was taken without permission from public land west of New Ulm. Brown County Sheriff’s Office received a report last week the Showy lady slippers were probably ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- It's the case of the stolen Lady's Slipper -- the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is asking for the public's help in finding who made off with the rare flower that is protected ...

I’ll never forget my first encounter with lady’s-slippers. While hiking the Long Trail in southern Vermont one June, we camped near a remote pond. Our tent site beneath an evergreen canopy was ...

If you're a gardener that isn't already familiar with lady slipper orchids—known scientifically as Cypripedium reginae—then you're missing out. "A lady slipper is a beautiful flower naturally shaped ...

Irises are in bloom as I walk by the pond. They have just begun to show their blue colors to this wetland. As I enter the woods, I note small trees and bushes flowering along the trail. In the woods’ ...

With large, bulb-shaped flowers that range in color from white to various shades of pink, the pink lady’s slipper orchid is one of the most attractive and fascinating wildflowers in Massachusetts.

It looks like it would gobble up an unsuspecting pollinator but instead the pouch called a labellum is simply nature’s method of getting a pollination program underway. The pollinator flies into the ...

The showy lady’s slipper may be Minnesota’s state flower, but it’s one that many residents have probably never seen in the wild. Soon, it will be time to keep a lookout. Protected by state law since ...

She is a rare exotic beauty more heavily guarded than the Queen. Britain's last remaining lady's slipper orchid, which is due to flower in a few weeks, has been given 24-hour police protection from ...