{"id":998,"date":"2017-05-28T14:53:49","date_gmt":"2017-05-28T20:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/?p=998"},"modified":"2017-05-28T14:53:49","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T20:53:49","slug":"small-white-ladys-slipper-cypripedium-candidum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/?p=998","title":{"rendered":"<p>Small white lady\u2019s slipper <em>(Cypripedium candidum)<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/small_white_ladys_slipper_06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-999\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/small_white_ladys_slipper_06.jpg\" alt=\"small white lady\u2019s slipper\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/small_white_ladys_slipper_06.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/small_white_ladys_slipper_06-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/small_white_ladys_slipper_06-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/small_white_ladys_slipper_06-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many species of orchids are found in Minnesota prairies, but only three are prairie specialists: western prairie fringed orchid, Great Plains ladies\u2019 tresses, and small white lady\u2019s slipper. They all occur in lime-rich sediments deposited by glaciers and in clay-rich soils of glacial lake beds.<\/p>\n<p>Small white lady\u2019s slipper <em>(Cypripedium candidum)<\/em> is widely scattered but uncommon across the Great Lakes states to the Dakotas and adjacent Canadian provinces. Minnesota is the core area of the species and may have more individual plants than all other states and provinces combined. It is found in relatively undisturbed, high-quality prairies in the western, southern, and metro regions of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Small white lady\u2019s slipper produces small flowers that are easily overlooked. The best time to see it in bloom is \u2026 right now, the last week of May in southern Minnesota and the first or second week of June in the north.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.minnesotaseasons.com\/Plants\/small_white_ladys_slipper.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.minnesotaseasons.com\/Plants\/small_white_ladys_slipper.html<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/?p=998\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many species of orchids are found in Minnesota prairies, but only three are prairie specialists: western prairie fringed orchid, Great Plains ladies\u2019 tresses, and small white lady\u2019s slipper. They all occur in lime-rich sediments deposited by glaciers and in clay-rich soils of glacial lake beds. Small white lady\u2019s slipper (Cypripedium candidum) is widely scattered but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[401,327],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1000,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998\/revisions\/1000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}