cypripedium

Here is the haunt of the lady-slipper, (_cypripedium_,) a shy, rare flower, like a little sack delicately veined, with a faint musky scent, and large-flapped leaves shading its flower.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 Various

The willows do better; painted-cup, cypripedium, and the hollow stalks of span-broad white umbels, find a footing among their stems.

The Land of Little Rain 1903

The willows do better; painted-cup, cypripedium, and the hollow stalks of span-broad white umbels, find a footing among their stems.

The Land of Little Rain Mary Hunter Austin 1901

The last nest of this bird I found was while in quest of the pink cypripedium.

Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs John Burroughs 1879

The large yellow cypripedium has a peculiar, heavy, oily odor.

The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton John Burroughs 1879

I had returned to the old home during a summer vacation of the State University, and, having made a beginning in botany, I was, of course, full of enthusiasm and ran eagerly to my beloved pogonia, calopogon, and cypripedium gardens, osmunda ferneries, and the lake lilies and pitcher-plants.

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth John Muir 1876

And there are several fine orchids, habenaria, and cypripedium, the latter very rare, once common in the Valley near the foot of Glacier

The Yosemite John Muir 1876

Such, with slight modifications, is the plan evolved by the whole cypripedium tribe.

My Studio Neighbors William Hamilton Gibson 1873

The "column" (B) in the cypripedium is very distinctive, and from the front view is very non-committal.

My Studio Neighbors William Hamilton Gibson 1873

A strange etiquette this of the cypripedium, which speeds its parting guest with a sticky plaster smeared all over its back.

My Studio Neighbors William Hamilton Gibson 1873