Orchidaceae
Fairyslipper
Calypso bulbosa
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Calypso
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Common names
By language (22)
- arz
- كاليبسو بولبوسا
- ba
- Калипсо
- Chinese
- 布袋兰, 布袋蘭, 布袋蘭屬, 布袋兰属
- chm
- Калипсо
- Czech
- Kalypso severní
- Dutch
- Bosnimf
- English
- Fairyslipper, Fairy-slipper, Fairy slipper, Fairy slipper orchid, Venus's slipper
- Estonian
- Haldjaking
- Finnish
- Neidonkenkä
- German
- Norne, Kategorie:Calypso bulbosa
- Italian
- Calipso
- Japanese
- ヒメホテイラン
- koi
- Калипсо
- kv
- Калипсо
- mdf
- Калипсо
- mrj
- Калипсо
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Norne
- Portuguese
- Calypso
- Russian
- Калипсо, Калипсо луковичная, Calipso bulbosa, Калипсо клубневая
- Spanish
- Zapatilla de Venus, Orchidium
- Swedish
- Norna, Jungfrutoffel
- udm
- Калипсо
Synonyms
- Calypso borealis Salisb.
- Calypso bulbosa f. bulbosa
- Calypsodium boreale Link
- Cymbidium boreale Sw.
- Cypripedium bulbosum L.
- Cytherea borealis Salisb.
- Cytherea bulbosa (L.) House
- Limodorum boreale Sw.
- Norna borealis Wahlenb.
- Norna borealis var. europaea Wahlenb.
- Orchidium arcticum Sw.
- Orchidium boreale Sw.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to June (from 6,616 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Kallum McDonald, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karen (with occasional help from Mike), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dustin Snider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Wendy St. John, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sarah Johnson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mango Don, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mango Don, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: kenh3502, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.