Cypripedium Aki Siberia Russia our vigorous three-year-old plants are

our vigorous three-year-old plants are already 3' tall x 6' wide

Each thick

The patch is adorned from spring through summer with dozens of tiny

clothed with small fingernail-sized green leaves

Cypripedium Aki Siberia Russia our vigorous three-year-old plants areCypripedium 'Aki' is a strain of hybrid ladyslipper orchids developed in 1996 by Germany's Werner Frosch by crossing the Chinese Cypripedium macranthos with the American Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens. The heat tolerance of the Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens allows gardeners in warmer climates to have success. The hybrids, which display amazing vigor, emerge in late spring forming 18" tall stalks topped with large plum to pink striped