Slipper Flower

Did you know

• The inflated, pouch-like lower petal gives calceolaria the unmistakable look of a tiny slipper or purse.
• Calceolaria flowers offer no nectar and instead deceive oil-collecting bees with a fatty oil reward.
• The genus contains nearly 400 species, most found in the Andes from Patagonia to Mexico.
• Victorian gardeners were obsessed with calceolaria, breeding elaborate spotted and blotched varieties for conservatories.
• The genus name comes from the Latin 'calceolus,' meaning small shoe, perfectly describing the inflated petal pouch.

Color meanings

Uses

• ornamental
• container planting
• bedding plant