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Photographer: James R. Sime
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Family Orchidaceae
Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes var. americana (R.Br.) Luer
calypso orchid, fairy-slipper orchid
Calypso: for goddess Calypso
bulbosa: bulbous, swollen
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| Status: | Threatened |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 2"-6" tall forb; stems single; from a bulb |
| Flower: | pink, 6-parted, 3/4" wide, 1/2"-1" long; lip hairy, whitish becoming yellow toward the tip, marked with red-brown inside; solitary; blooms May-June |
| Leaf: | basal, single, oval, 1"-2" long, persisting through the winter then dying when the flower blooms |
| Habitat: | shade; moist; old growth, white cedar swamps at base of the largest trees |
| (Glossary) |
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 Oakes var. americana (R.Br.) Luer&phog=Emmet J. Judziewicz&spcode=CALBULvAME)
 Oakes var. americana (R.Br.) Luer&phog=Emmet J. Judziewicz&spcode=CALBULvAME)
 Oakes var. americana (R.Br.) Luer&phog=Emmet J. Judziewicz&spcode=CALBULvAME)
 Oakes var. americana (R.Br.) Luer&phog=R.K. Kupfer&spcode=CALBULvAME)
 Oakes var. americana (R.Br.) Luer&phog=Joshua J. Nemec&spcode=CALBULvAME)
 Oakes var. americana (R.Br.) Luer&phog=Joshua J. Nemec&spcode=CALBULvAME)
