[The Orchid Family in Mount Adams Country]

Mountain Lady Slipper, Mountain Lady's Slipper

Cypripedium montanum

Mountain Lady Slipper: Cypripedium montanum

The photo above shows a close-up view of the flower of the mountain lady slipper. Photographed in coniferous forest to the east of the Klickitat River........May 26, 2008.

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Habitat of Mountain Lady Slipper, Mountain Lady's Slipper: Cypripedium montanum

Mountain lady slipper blooming under oaks in the Klickitat Wildlife Area above the Klickitat River (different site than that shown below), Klickitat County, Washington..........May 3, 2015.

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Senescing mountain lady slippers with ripe seed heads observed at the Klickitat Wildlife Area.....September 20, 2025.

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The photo at left shows a close-up view of the mountain lady slipper. Photographed in coniferous forest to the east of the Klickitat River........May 26, 2008. The photo at center shows a mountain lady slipper post bloom at the Klickitat Wildlife Area......July 3, 2022. The image at right shows a mountain lady slipper with flower bud (covered by the brown sepals) as seen at the Klickitat Wildlife Area......May 1, 2025.

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Mountain lady slippers from oak forest in the Klickitat Wildlife Area..........May 15, 2013.

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Both of these images show the flowers of mountain lady slippers fading out of bloom in open woodlands (mixed conifer and oak) in the Klickitat Wildlife Area....June 22, 2025.

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Mountain lady slippers beginning to bloom under oaks in the Klickitat Wildlife Area......May 7, 2020.

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Mountain lady slippers beginning to bloom under oaks in the Klickitat Wildlife Area......May 21, 2021.

Paul Slichter