English: Fairy slipper;
Venus’s slipper.
Name: from the Greek signifying concealment.
Clades: Calypsoeae;
Epidendroideae, ;
Habitat: undisturbed, mountain forests
Culture: Calypso lured Ulysses to forsake his wife; myth of Lorelei; movie Junglebook; Sirens; Eric Clapton, Tears in Heaven.
Source: Roland Guenther.
BotanyType: herb.
Flower: small ;pink, purple, pinkish-purple, or red; accented with a white lip, darker purple spottings and yellow beard.