Calypso is a genus of orchids containing one species, Calypso bulbosa, known as the calypso orchid, fairy slipper or Venus's slipper. It is a perennial member of the orchid family found in undisturbed northern and montane forests.

Calypso bulbosa is considered to be globally secure but is considered rare in a few states, including Vermont, Michigan, and Wisconsin. This orchid provides no reward but relies on bright color, anther-like hairs, and sweet smell to deceive naive pollinators, mainly newly emerged queen bumblebees.

Caladenia alata, commonly known as the fairy orchid, [2] is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is found in south-eastern Australia and New Zealand. It is a ground orchid with small, usually short-lived flowers, which have relatively stiffly held petals and sepals and reddish-purple bars on the labellum .

fairy slipper, (Calypso bulbosa), terrestrial orchid (family Orchidaceae) native to North America and Eurasia. The fairy slipper thrives in cool coniferous forests and bogs and requires specific mycorrhizal fungi to survive.

Calypso bulbosa (Fairy Slipper) is a deciduous, terrestrial orchid boasting a slender, upright stem usually bearing a solitary, nodding, fragrant flower (rarely 2 flowers), 1 in. across (2.5 cm), with bright pink to magenta petals and sepals.

2022年11月17日 · The calypso orchid (Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes) is a perennial in the orchid family (Orchidaceae) and is the only member of the Calypso genus. The Sierra Nevada range separates the two US varieties, with C. bulbosa var. americana to …

The Calypso orchid (Calypso bulbosa), also known as the fairy slipper or Venus's slipper, is a perennial member of the orchid family found in undisturbed northern and montane forests. It has a small pink, purple, pinkish-purple, or red flower accented with a white lip, darker purple spottings, and yellow beard.

Calypso is a monotypic genus of terrestrial orchids containing 1 species, Calypso bulbosa, which has a circumboreal distribution in North America, northern Europe, Russia, and Asia. In North America, Calypso bulbosa is found from Alaska to Newfoundland, in the northern and central United States, and south to California and New Mexico.

Pink wildflowers of western USA: Calypso bulbosa, fairy slipper: reddish stems with one, broad basal leaf, and solitary flowers, usually pink, with a pouched lower lip

This petite native orchid competes in exquisitness with any exotic tropical species one could imagine, as much a delight to behold as it is elusive to locate. Not all mysteries get solved. For example, scientists are still uncertain as to whether fairies do in fact, steal away with the petals in the night and dance!