Hardy in Z3a-8b. The lip of the flower is pale yellow, not bright yellow. ...Read Morer />
This species is rare throughout its native range, and endangered or threatened in two states. Native to 10 states from Texas to Virginia. There are thought to be fewer than 3000 individuals left in the wild.
However, it has been mass produced, and is one of the species most adaptable to cultivation. It is also one of the most adaptable to the hot humid summers of the southeast, and passes these traits on to its hybrids.
Usually called "southern ladyslipper".
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Hardy in Z3a-8b. The lip of the flower is pale yellow, not bright yellow.