I have lots of oregano and rosemary seeds, and an assortment of other herbs and veggies, and a few flowers. Take a look at my trade list and see it there's anything you'd like. I've been looking for a lot of the things you have- I would love to trade for your Lincoln peas, beets, yellow Spanish onions, salsify, atomic red carrot, purple sprouting broccoli, and/or summer savory. I have limited garden space, so I'm not looking for large amounts of any particular seeds, but I like to grow a wide variety of things each season. Here is a link that might be useful: My Trade List

You could try the sources listed in this thread: http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1007 Some of the links are dead, probably because they are for companies offering "rescues", which is a nice way of saying they bought land and dug up the orchids to sell. Others are reputable companies that offer Cypripediums grown from seed. You may have to wait awhile but laboratory propagated orchids will have the best chance of survival and do not impact wild populations. I've been considering trying to grow this species in vitro. Will probably fail but might be fun to try.

Scott - I've seen opinions on the naming all over the place. My understanding is that while all the yellow slippers were originally grouped as C. calceolus (after the European/Asian native), it has generally been recognized for a couple of decades that the North American yellow slippers are C. parviflorum, and not calceolus. Disputes arise when characterizing the NA species. Some say there is only one, parviflorum, with var. parviflorum (small yellow), var. pubescens (large yellow) and var. makasin (this last confuses me, something about wet vs. dry habitat). Others elevate var. pubescens into its own species. I shade toward the latter opinion, mostly to shorten what I have to write on tags :-) There are even some Euro-centric taxonomists that express doubt that C. kentuckiense is a valid species, preferring to put it as a var. of parviflorum. This makes no sense to me.

Hi there Plantfreak; Thank you for your quick response! I have C.Acaule (pink ladyslipper). It bloomed before the garden was put in but not since. I have a feeling the the soil is not just right. The leaves are huge and healthy. The area gets a bit more afternoon sun than it had previously by about 10%. The soil is potting soil & woodland soil from my woods, mixed with peat moss, pearlite, manure and compost. I add this same mixtue each year in spring also. However, the exact spot that the slipper is in, I did not really turn over with this mix as I was afraid to disturb the plant, though I may have disturbed it a bit in digging the rest of the garden and I'm sure some of this has leached into the plants area. I did however, put the mixture over top mixing a few inchs down. I have done that procedure with pine needles and woodland soil taked from the tree understory from my woods. I have also used plant fertilizer and compost topping when doing the whole garden. I will go to the site you suggest and perhaps solve the problem. Thanks so much for you help!!