Cypripedium Aki Sun to Light Shade The small mound of woody

The small mound of woody stems is clothed with narrow green foliage

the true Alocasia wentii has only recently become known in horticultural circles

I knew I had to have it

Jim Wilkins of Michigan

glossy green leaves form a fine-textured specimen that looks like something you'd see in the tropics

Cypripedium Aki Sun to Light Shade The small mound of woodyCypripedium 'Aki' is a strain of hybrid ladyslipper orchids developed in 1996 by Germany's Werner Frosch by crossing the Chinese Cypripedium macranthos with the American Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens. The heat tolerance of the Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens allows gardeners in warmer climates to have success. The hybrids, which display amazing vigor, emerge in late spring forming 18" tall stalks topped with large plum to pink striped