A familiar song — “tea-cher, Tea-Cher, TEA-CHER!” — greeted me as I stepped from my car. I first heard that territorial assertion of the ovenbird in this same spot 39 years ago in 1984.

Every year beginning about the middle of June, I make a point of looking for the showys. When I see yellow lady’s slippers, I know the showys will follow in another week or two.

It's called the small yellow lady's slipper, ... Description: Height is 6 to 16 inches. At maturity, plants bear one to two flowers and three to six leaves on each stem.

My favorite among the orchids, by the way, is yellow lady's-slipper. There are two lady's-slipper varieties that you can easily learn to spot: large flowered (Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubscens ...

The Lady’s Slipper, actually takes a long time to grow taking usually sixteen years for flowers to bloom. The flower, is also able to live up to 50 years, and can even grow up to four feet tall.

Cypripedium parviflorum (Small Yellow Lady's Slipper), has similar flowers that are smaller in size. The lateral petals of its flowers are less than 2" long, while the slipper-like lower petal is ...

These four species – ram’s head lady slipper (C. arietinum), small yellow lady slipper (C. parviflorum), large yellow lady slipper (C. pubescens), and showy lady slipper (C. reginae) – are ...

The flowers of the large yellow lady’s slipper are twice the size as the small one and the plant is hairier. The petals of the small one are usually darker in color and more twisted than the ...

From left: Large yellow lady's slipper, showy lady's slipper, and very small yellow lady's slipper orchids. All lady's slipper orchids' names are derived from the fact that the front of the flower ...

Perhaps the most spectacular group of Ohio orchids are the lady’s slippers in the genus Cypripedium.Four species occur, one of which, the pink lady’s slipper, is the subject of this column.