Cypripedium Aki Siberia Russia Crinum 'Diane Welch'

Crinum 'Diane Welch'

clothed with small fingernail-sized green leaves

In late summer it tops out at 4'+ with see-through flower spikes

Brugmansias have long been prized for their stunning flowers

Asarum sieboldii is an important medicinal herb in China

Cypripedium Aki Siberia Russia Crinum 'Diane Welch'Cypripedium '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