Venus slipper. Kostroma region
Venus slipper (lady's-slipper orchid) of the orchid family is a perennial herbaceous plant. It is found in semi-shade under the forest canopy, less often in open spaces. It stops blooming in heavy shade. It grows in sparse pine, spruce, broad-leaved, small-leaved and mixed forests, as well as in glades and forest edges, bushes, forest and mountain meadows, forested green-moss and sphagnum bogs.
The number of the species is decreasing. Plants are
ornamental, they suffer from picking into bouquets, as well as from economic
and recreational use of the territory.
On the territory of the Kostroma region, the Venus slipper species is
included in the Red Data Book of the Kostroma region as a rare plant.
The largest habitats of the species are protected in such
state nature reserves of the Kostroma region as Michug-Konyugsky, Ivankovsky
bog, Susaninsky bog, Korovnovsky.
Along with the RUSSIA EXPO, the flower festival is also coming to an end.
The "Future in Flowers" festival continues at the RUSSIA EXPO, where unique flowerbeds from all regions of our country can be seen at the "Space" pavilion until July 8.
The RUSSIA EXPO concludes on July 8, and with it, the flower festival will also come to an end.
