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Cypripedium acaule Aiton

Cypripedium acaule Aiton is a perennial eastern North American orchid that requires highly acidic soil for cultivation.

Cypripedium arietinum R.Br.

Cypripedium arietinum is a small declining North American perennial orchid that finds refuge on Anticosti Island.

Cypripedium calceolus L.

Cypripedium calceolus L. is Europe’s largest-flowered orchid, widespread across Eurasia in open woodland habitats.

Cypripedium californicum A.Gray

Cypripedium californicum A.Gray is a multi-flowered orchid native to restricted mountain habitats of the US Pacific Northwest.

Cypripedium candidum Muhl. ex Willd.

Cypripedium candidum is a small North American perennial slipper orchid that grows in alkaline calcareous wetlands across central North America.

Cypripedium guttatum Sw.

Cypripedium guttatum, the spotted or Alaskan lady's slipper, is a three-continent orchid species pollinated by Lasioglossum bees.

Cypripedium macranthos Sw.

Cypripedium macranthos Sw. is a widespread herbaceous orchid species native to temperate East Asia and parts of Russia.

Cypripedium montanum Douglas ex Lindl.

Cypripedium montanum is a tall orchid found in northwestern North America, distinguished by its white flower pouch.

Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb.

Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. is a yellow slipper orchid native to North America and Europe that grows in upland and forest habitats.

Cypripedium passerinum Richardson

Cypripedium passerinum is a northern North American orchid with a pouch petal marked to resemble a sparrow's egg, growing in cold moist habitats.

Cypripedium reginae Walter

Cypripedium reginae Walter, the showy lady's slipper, is a large terrestrial lady's slipper orchid native to North American wetlands.

Cyrtostylis oblonga Hook.f.

Cyrtostylis oblonga is a small winter orchid species endemic to northern New Zealand, with pinkish flowers and a single rounded leaf.

Cyrtostylis reniformis R.Br.

Cyrtostylis reniformis, common gnat-orchid, is a small Australian terrestrial orchid widespread except in Western Australia.

Cyrtostylis robusta D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

Cyrtostylis robusta, the large gnat orchid, is a terrestrial deciduous orchid native to southern Australia.

Dactylorhiza aristata (Fisch. ex Lindl.) Soó

Dactylorhiza aristata (keyflower) is an orchid species native to parts of East Asia, the Russian Far East, and Alaska.

Dactylorhiza elata (Poir.) Soó

Dactylorhiza elata, the robust marsh orchid, is a western Mediterranean orchid that has earned a 2017-confirmed RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Dactylorhiza incarnata (L.) Soó

Dactylorhiza incarnata (early marsh-orchid) is a temperate perennial orchid widely distributed across Europe and Asia.

Dactylorhiza maculata (L.) Soó

Dactylorhiza maculata, the heath spotted orchid, is a terrestrial tuberous orchid that grows across a range of European habitats.

Dactylorhiza majalis (Rchb.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh.

Dactylorhiza majalis, the broad-leaved marsh orchid, is a European and north-central Asian orchid species requiring mycorrhizal infection to germinate.

Dactylorhiza romana (Sebast.) Soó

Dactylorhiza romana, the Roman dactylorhiza, is an orchid species with three recognized subspecies native from the Mediterranean to Iran and Turkmenistan.

Dactylorhiza sambucina (L.) Soó

Dactylorhiza sambucina, the elder-flowered orchid, is a widespread European orchid with variable flower colors, pollinated by bumblebees.

Dactylorhiza sibirica Efimov

Specimens of Dactylorhiza sibirica Efimov were found in the Eastern Upland, specifically in the Pavlodar Region's Bayanaul District in 1979 and the East Kazakhstan Region near Kriushi village in 1928.

Dactylorhiza viridis (L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase

Dactylorhiza viridis is a Northern Hemisphere orchid with greenish flowers growing in moist cool habitats.

Dendrobium aemulum R.Br.

Dendrobium aemulum R.Br. is an Australian epiphytic orchid that grows on non-shedding bark trees and blooms from August to October.

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