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Orchid Seeds In A Cup® Grow Kit

Cypripedium acaule

From the first seed to the next new leaf. Explore your plant’s growing conditions, seasonal rhythm, and everyday care.

THE PLANT NOTEBOOK

Orchid care, from seed onward.

Extremely difficult. Never transplant from the wild. Needs highly specific acidic conditions.

The Seeds In A Cup® kit features a 'Symbiotic Starter' medium to teach students about the complex fungi-plant connection.

By seed (complex lab process) or division of established clumps.

Requires a symbiotic relationship with specific soil fungi (mycorrhizae) to germinate and survive.

Acidic, pine-heavy woodlands and bogs.

High cold tolerance; zero pollution or fertilizer tolerance.

Deer and habitat loss.

Hairs on stems can cause skin irritation similar to poison ivy.

A rare and beautiful terrestrial orchid with two large base leaves and a single, balloon-like pink flower.

Generally growing the wild native species.

National treasure. symbolic of the delicate balance of the forest ecosystem

Native to Eastern North America.

Protected; it is illegal to harvest from public lands in many states.

From 'Kypris' (Venus) and 'pedilon' (slipper); ‘acaule’ meaning stemless.

Indigenous legend says the flower represents a young girl's moccasins left behind as she ran for medicine for her tribe.

TURN KNOWING INTO GROWING

There is no confirmed kit match for orchid in the current catalog. Explore the collection or ask us about this plant.

THE GROWING CONVERSATION

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