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Criosanthes arietina is an orchid species identified by (R.Br.) House in 1905. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Cypripedium arietinum.
ORIGIN: This medium sized, cold growing terrestrial species is found in eastern and central Canada and south to Minnesota and Connecticut where it is found in sphagnum bogs on wooded limestone slopes.
DESCRIPTION: This medium sized, cold growing terrestrial species is found in eastern and central Canada and south to Minnesota and Connecticut where it is found in sphagnum bogs on wooded limestone slopes with elliptic-lanceolate, plicate leaves which spiral around the stem that blooms in the late spring and early summer on a short, slender stalked, pubescent, to 14" [35 cm] long, terminal raceme arising from a broad leaf-like bract with a solitary, fragrant, nodding, short-lived flower arising from the larger semi-mature leaves of which there are 3 to 5.
FLOWER SIZE: 1 to slightly more inches [2.5 cm and more]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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