in situ

This plant is native of Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, some of the Lesser Antilles and South America. In Puerto Rico it can be common in protected areas where the original forest is still intact and the climate is moist and cooler than the lowlands. I have seen it growing in trees and rock faces...

Last year, shortly after moving into my new apartment, I was taking a walk in the woods behind the complex and stumbled across a nice little population of Cypripedium acaule. Conveniently only about a 10 minute hike out. Unfortunately, this was midsummer, so they were already bloomed out for the...