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The yellow lady's slipper is one of the best known and most magnificent native orchids. That there are also wild orchids in Austria is unknown to many people. Above all, orchids are known as exotic and particularly attractive houseplants. There are around 65 orchid species that can also be found in our climes, including B. Orchid, Waldvöglein or Ragwurz. Probably the most striking among them is the Yellow Lady's Slipper, also called Lady's Slipper, European Lady's Slipper or just Lady's Slipper - in many regions there are even more fanciful names for the distinctive plant. The Latin name Cypripedium calceolus refers to the characteristic shape of the flower: Cypripedium means "shoe of Venus" and calceolus "small shoe". The yellow lady's slipper is up to 70 centimeters high. It grows on partially shaded sites in sparse forests on limestone soils, the Tyrolean Lech Valley is famous for home to the largest contiguous Frauenschuhgebiet Europe with about 3,000 plants. The leaves of the lady's slipper are broad and tapering, the flowers with the large, bulbous yellow lip - the "shoe" - and the four red-brown, narrow outer petals are unmistakable. The yellow lady's slipper flower in our latitudes from about mid-May to mid-June and exudes a fruity scent. Like all other wild orchids in Austria, the Yellow Lady's Slipper is also strictly protected. It is on the Red List of Endangered Plant Species, so the picking and digging of plants is prohibited.