Cypripedium Otto Danae Van Wade and Ed Elslager

Van Wade and Ed Elslager

We were very pleased to find that this is more winter hardy than our other non-crested forms of Woodwardia orientalis

each lightly spotted with muted yellow dots

slowly spreading patch

Each flower is a sweetly fragrant

Cypripedium Otto Danae Van Wade and Ed ElslagerCypripedium 'Otto' is a 1991 Werner Frosch hybrid of the European native Cypripedium calceolus and its North American cousin Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens. Cypripedium 'Otto' is a vigorous hybrid, topped in early spring with large, lightly fragrant bright yellow pouches, each highlighted by three twisting amber sepals. Cypripedium 'Otto' is easy to grow and clumps well in the garden when situated in a rich, slightly moist, but well drained