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Cypripedium Regina
The Showy Lady's Slipper has 3 white, pointed, upper petal-like sepals and 1 large, inflated pink and white lower petal; the lower inflated petal is often veined in deep pink: airy, flowering stalks.
Spotted at Tamarac near Pine Lake. This flower grows in cool, wet, swampy places near forests.
The Showy Lady's Slipper is Minnesota's official state flower and is also known as the "Orchid of the North."
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