Cypripedium reginae

[Dorsetman]

Are these on your window sill too ? Not easy there I would have thought,. and surely hardy in the garden in Belgium ?
But apart from the flower, the foliage here is really lovely. I do like to see perfect leaves.

[Rudy]

I keep both in the garden, the pink one in a pot, the white one directly in the soil.
Should anyone be willing to give it a try himself : I prepared the soil by putting some bricks at 30 cm depth and put a mixture of 1/3 horticultural sand, 1/3 perlite and 1/3 potting soil. Once or twice a year I add some lime.
From what I read, they need shade most of the day.