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Please help ID Flower found in woods.

15 years ago

I found about 8 of these growing on a hill side with lots of ferns. I have never seen anything like it and would like to know what they are. I dug up 2 of them hoping to get them to grow with my ferns and hostas. I was tempted to dig them all but don't want to kill them out. I have lived here over 10 years and this is the first time I have ever seen them.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Andrea

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nonmember_gw
15 years ago
Cypripedium parviflorum
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Iris GW
15 years ago
They can be difficult to transplant and have them survive (due to soil conditions).
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Definitely NOT Therese Bugnet. Leaves and cane color are not right, and Therese's bloom form is different. I would also vote against much rugosa influence...leaves are not right for rugosa. Looks similar to R. gallica officinalis, except bloom form is not quite the same. But you say this is an immature sucker so perhaps we're not seeing a representative bloom. Gallicas are known for suckering and traveling around quite a bit. Unfortunately, there is a possibility it could be a sucker off an open pollenated seedling of a gallica or damask. I've seen OP gallica seedlings at cnetter's place here in Denver, and they can be all over the place in terms of bloom form and plant structure. You mention "rambler" - is it throwing out long, supple canes, or just suckering underground? A true rambler would be throwing out long, supple canes. Gallicas (and other roses) move around by sending out underground suckers. Do you have a photo of an unopened bud? Nancy
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Embothrium
15 years ago
If the site is not under threat live them where they are.
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weedwoman
15 years ago
As non-member said, Cypripedium parviflorum, Yellow Ladies Slipper Orchid. (You may also see it called Cypripedium calceolaris in some books, apparently they changed the name recently.)

Terrestrial woodland orchids like that shouldn't be moved (unless they're about to be bulldozed anyway) because they are very fussy about where they grow - they need certain types of fungus growing in the soil with them to survive. That's one reason they usually don't survive transplanting. I don't know if they're protected in Ohio or not - while they aren't common I don't think they're actually endangered - but you're better off enjoying them in the woods. In fact, you're really lucky - I've only seen them twice, and once I was with someone who knew where they were growing.

Having said that, if you want them in your garden, apparently this one is more successfully propagated commercially than most - you can buy them from nurseries sometimes. Just be sure it IS propagated and not just dug up from the woods.

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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
15 years ago
It's listed as Endangered in Ohio (and in many states). It's against Federal Law to disturb them or any other threatened or endangered native plant.
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