Native Slipper Orchids growing wild and rampant in our pasture

Today we discuss a few of the native slipper orchids of the Genus Cypripedium. These amazingly adaptive orchids can be found in all sorts of habitats and every province in Canada as well as almost the entire USA.
All Cypripediums are fully protected species in Canada!
Enjoy nature in situ! Take pictures but leave them where they are.
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[allclades]

very cool, I have a few ragged fringed orchids in my fields and some twayblade in my woods but I haven't found any lady slippers yet.

[markhalliday]

Must be a fish thing cos i love the orchids as well, cheers for the vid 😀👊👍🇦🇺

[Baffi_]

Swamp milkweed around your pond would be pretty awesome, Although, it may spread into the pasture which wouldn’t be ideal. The cows should figure out pretty quickly that it’s not edible though if it did

[GlenESQ]

Hi Chris enjoyed your video. Correction for you, very few Cypripediums are protected in Canada. Here In SK only Small White Lady's Slipper is protected... and it's already extirpated. I believe that's the only Cypripdedium species projected in MB. Out of MB's 37 orchids, I think only 1 other species is protected - Western Prairie Fringed Orchid. Yellow Lady's Slipper is common... as much as I love plants, I'm not sure what argument someone could make why it should be singled out to be projected. Protecting native habitat just in general is of course a very good thing.

[Dracobear]

It's a fungus, not a bacteria in the soil they need to thrive Chris. Long time Orchid grower and Hybridize here. :D