Showy Lady's Slipper Orchid Seeds ~ Cypripedium Reginae ~ Queen’s Lady’s Slipper ~ Exotic ~ Rare

Showy lady’s slippers are the tallest native northern orchid, and many believe they are the most stunning. "Cypripedium Reginae", known as the showy lady's slipper, pink-and-white lady's-slipper, or the queen's lady's-slipper, is a rare lady's-slipper orchid native to northern North America. The specific epithet reginaeis the Latin meaning "queen", and once seen in the wild, it is easy to understand why. Plants consist of a stout, hairy, leafy stalk usually bearing one large flower (or up to three). The flower is six-parted, with a pouch, or labellum, that’s one to two inches long, spherical, or nearly so, with in-rolled edges, white suffused with deep rose to magenta. Petals and sepals are white, flat, and oblong. Leaves are large, elliptical, clasping, heavily ribbed, and hairy.

~ Includes ~

~ 10 Seeds. 

~ My Special Grow and Care Instructions.

*My Showy Lady’s Slipper Orchid Seeds and YPB’s Starter Grow Kit have just dropped and available just in time for the Holidays!!! My Lady’s Slipper Orchid Seeds available in Pink, Yellow, Black, Multi-Colored Lady’s and lots more of Orchid Varieties to choose from!!! Please check out my Your Plant Bitch’s Orchid Starter Grow Kits, everything you need to grow your own (shown in the last photo). I always recommend using my Special Orchid Premixed Soil.🖤

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 👠Lady’s Slipper Orchid Grow and Care Instructions👠

*Please Note : Orchid seeds are extremely tiny (like dust)!!! Please be careful when opening!!! I recommend opening their package over a white piece of paper, in a draft/wind free environment.

~ Grow Instructions ~
Step 1
Combine 4 parts peat moss, 3 parts sphagnum moss, 1 part perlite and 1 part mycorrhizal fungi granules to create a well-draining, soilless growing medium that will encourage the seeds to germinate successfully. Add the soilless growing medium to a 4-inch planting container; choose a container with at least two 1/4-inch holes in the bottom to ensure healthy drainage.
Step 2
Hold the planting container under room-temperature running water until you see it streaming from the drainage holes. Leave the container in the sink for five to 10 minutes to allow any excess water to drain from the growing medium.
Step 3
Mix the seeds with 1/2 cup of fine horticulture sand; pour the mixture into a shaker with holes large enough to admit the small seeds. Sprinkle the sand and seed mixture evenly over the surface of the moistened growing medium.
Step 4
Position the seeds in a site that receives filtered sunlight for at least five hours a day. Water the seeds as often as necessary to keep the growing medium lightly moistened; provide 1/2 cup of water each time you irrigate.
Step 5
Transplant the seedlings to individual 6-inch planting containers when they grow to 6 to 8 inches. Fill the containers with a mixture of 4 parts peat moss, 3 parts sphagnum moss, 2 parts loam, 1 part perlite, 1 part redwood bark and 1 part mycorrhizal fungi granules. Plant the seedlings at the same depth they grew in their original container.
For germination temperature: 15-30 Celsius.

~ Care Instructions ~
Light: Moderate to bright light, no direct sun. Paphs need bright, indirect sunlight to bloom. Lady slipper orchids also do well under fluorescent lights.
Water: Keep mix evenly moist at all times. Paphs prefer more moisture than epiphytic orchids. And if you keep your orchid under a grow lights, it’ll need watering more often. Just don't overdo it. Too-frequent watering can cause root rot.
Humidity: Requires moist air -- preferably 50-60% relative humidity. Set pot on a tray of wet pebbles and mist leaves daily with room-temperature water. Or use a room humidifier. Dry air can be deadly to orchids. A wet pebble tray, cool-mist room humidifier or regular misting will help to maintain at least 50% humidity that will keep your orchids happy. Coming together as a group raises the humidity around these moisture-loving orchids. Or perhaps they just like the distinguished company.
Temperature: 60-65°F/16-18°C nights and 75-80°F/24-27°C days. To ensure blooming, give your orchid slightly cooler nighttime temperatures. A 15° difference will do.
Soil: Orchid potting mix or 2 parts fine-grade fir bark: 1 part perlite or sand: 1 part sphagnum moss.
Fertilizer: Feed with an organic orchid fertilizer, or fish emulsion, twice a month during the growing season.
Propagation: Division. Pull or cut the fans of the leaves apart into clumps of at least 2-3 growths.

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