Lady’s Slipper

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lady’s slipper, (subfamily Cypripedioideae), also called lady slipper or slipper orchid, subfamily of five genera of orchids (family Orchidaceae), in which the lip of the flower is slipper-shaped. Lady’s slippers are found throughout Eurasia and the Americas, and some species are cultivated.