Gordon Beningfield: Yellow Lady's Slipper Orchid

Artist: Gordon Beningfield
1936 - 1998
Nationality: British
Artwork Year: 1984
Image Size: 11.75 by 13.75 inches
Overall Size: 15.375 by 17.375 inches
Medium: Water Color on Water Color Paper

The scientific name for the Lady's Slipper Orchid -- Cypripedium Calceolus -- well describes the appearance of the plant itself. The name, Calceolus, is a Latin noun meaning "a little shoe," making reference to the orchid's unusual "shoe-like" shape. Indeed, delicately set atop a short, leafy stock, the flower of this orchid has the very appearance of a tiny, velvet-soft slipper. However, the Lady's Slipper has been known by many other names as well. In fact, the plant is known by over twenty-five different names in various parts of the world ... including such titles as Noah's Ark ... Whippoorwill-shoe ... Monkey Flower ... and Nerve Root. Yet, this radiant orchid is remarkable in more ways than by its shape alone. It is also one of the very few orchids that can be found in North America, Europe and Asia. In addition, the Lady's Slipper can be observed growing along warm swampy marshes and bogs near the ocean ... or as high as 12,000 feet in the thin, chilly air of the Himalaya Mountains. Long ago, American Indians used this plant ... blended in with honey and other herbs ... as a special medicine for the treatment of intestinal ailments. The Lady's Slipper orchid is indeed a remarkable plant.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day Cover for the U.S. 20¢ Yellow Lady's Slipper Orchid stamp issued March 5, 1984.

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