Lady's slippers belong to what flower family?

Lady Slippers (also known as Lady's Slipper, Lady's-slipper, Ladyslipper) is a term used to describe the orchids in the subfamily Cypripedioidea of Family ORCHDACEAE.


These are in all five genera as given below . Each has a photo link below it , just click on it.





Cypripedium,


http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/c...





Mexipedium,


http://www.slipperorchids.info/mexdatash...





Paphiopedilum,


http://www.paramountorchids.com/jpg/Paph...





Phragmipedium ,


http://maqui.ucdavis.edu/Images/Orchids/...





and Selenipedium..


http://www.iptek.net.id/ind/pd_anggrek/i...








From these photos it will be clear that these orchid flowers





are distinguished by their slipper-shaped pouches (modified labellums), which function by trapping insects so that they are





forced to climb up past the staminode, behind which they





collect or deposit pollinia.

Lady's slippers belong to what flower family?
If you are talking about the lady slipper also known as a cyprepedium, the family is orchidaceae (the orchid family).
Reply:There's a Lady's slipper orchid in England
Reply:Orchidaceae =)
Reply:they are in the orchid family



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