Monday, February 24, 2020

Lady Slipper, yellow

I was so lucky to find Lady Slippers growing wild on our New Hampshire property and have been in love with them since then.  The other day I went to  Bayview Garden Shop here on Whidbey and fell in love with them all over again.  They have a  beautiful array of Lady Slippers.



Lady Slipper , yellow
acrylic on 9 x 9 board.

Lady slippers or Cypripedium Orchids comes from a mix of Latin and Greek. It alludes to Cyprus, the island that was the mythical birthplace of Aphrodite (Venus) and "pedilum", a shoe or slipper (or feet), and so literally means Aphrodite's Slipper.
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