Cypripedium ventricosum Rhynchospora The amazing Hosta 'Gypsy Rose'

The amazing Hosta 'Gypsy Rose' was discovered as a mutation of the famed Hosta 'Striptease'

Even more amazing were the 6' tall flower stems towering above our heads

but that's okay

one you certainly won't find listed in your favorite gardening encyclopedia

where it resides under giant cryptomerias around the Baguo Temple

Cypripedium ventricosum Rhynchospora The amazing Hosta 'Gypsy Rose'This rare orchid, Cypripedium x ventricosum, hails from that favorite vacation spot of Russian dissidents, Siberia. Cypripedium x ventricosum was long thought to be a new species until research showed it to be a natural hybrid of Cypripedium calceolus and Cypripedium macranthos I guess anything goes when the nights get cold and lonely. The slippers range from pale lavender to brownish, depending on which parent contributed the most genes, and the same