Cypripedium herae

Cypripedium ×herae is a natural hybrid lady's slipper described from Manitoba by Ewacha and Sheviak in 2004, generally given as a cross between the yellow lady's slipper (C. parviflorum) and the sparrow's-egg lady's slipper (C. passerinum). It is a fully hardy boreal orchid that needs a long, frozen winter dormancy; treat it as a garden or bog plant, not a houseplant.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Its parents meet in moist, calcareous boreal habitats in Manitoba: fen margins, damp open spruce woods, gravelly lakeshores and ditches. The hybrid occurs where both grow together. No locality detail was reachable for this profile.

Lowland boreal Manitoba, roughly 200–300 m.

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🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.