Restoring the rare Kentucky lady’s slipper orchid to the Kisatchie National Forest
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98 Figure 1. Cypripedium kentuckiense orchid showing the distinctive lady's slipper features of its flowers and leaves.
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High specificity generally characterizes mycorrhizal association in rare lady’s slipper orchids, genus Cypripedium
Lady’s slipper orchids ( Cypripedium spp.) are rare terrestrial plants that grow throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere. Like all orchids, they require mycorrhizal fungi for germination and seedling nutrition. The nutritional relationships of adult Cypripedium mycorrhizae are unclear; however, Cypripedium distribution may be limited by mycorrhizal specificity, whether this specificity occ...
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