Cypripedium Philipp Dark Corydalis large green leaf

large green leaf

are equally attractive to bees

remove the old flower stalk prior to seed drop

strap-shaped leaves arch out and downward from the giant bulb

The mother tuber will form offsets

Cypripedium Philipp Dark Corydalis large green leafCypripedium 'Philipp Dark' is a wonderful new color form of the insanely popular Cypripedium 'Philipp'. Like its parent, Cypripedium 'Philipp Dark' is a hybrid of the Chinese native orchid, Cypripedium macranthos and the large growing North American native, Cypripedium kentuckiense. Cypripedium 'Philipp Dark' is a superb performer in our heat and humidity, forming a robust clump to nearly 2' tall, topped in late spring with large slippers of dark