Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens
This orchid has many common names including Venus'- shoe, Noah's Ark, Yellow Indian-shoe, Wipporwill-shoe, Golden Slipper, and American Valerian Umbilroot.

This clump forming perennial has upright slender stems with alternately arranged large ovate-lanceolate leaves with parallel veins and an acuminate apex.  From spring to summer it produces faintly scented large yellow-greenish flowers with twisted sepals and petals. The nodding flowers arranged terminally above the foliage and the plant is naturally found around the margins of swamps or in woodlands.

There are many species and cultivars available. Please contact your local nursery for the currant available stock.