Calypso bulbosa  (Fairy Slipper)
Orchidaceae  (Orchid Family)

Montane. Aspen, Spruce, and Pines.

Linnaeus named this plant Cypripedium bulbosum in 1753.  William Oakes renamed it Calypso bulbosa in 1842.

"Calypso" is from the Greek word for the sea nymph of Homer's Odyssey. It refers to Calypso's mystical beauty and clandestine haunts. "Bulbosa" is from the Latin "bulbosus", referring to the bulb-like corm of the plant.