Named for John Linden, who discovered the species near the Colombia-Venezuela border in the vicinity of Lake Maracaibo in 1843. This unusual Phrag. species is the only lady slipper that has no pouch or slipper. It may have evolved from or be closely related to Phrag. wallisii. The flowers are a ghostly green with white and tan markings. The petals and modified lip which became a third metal are long being up to 20” or more in length. Up to 4 or 5 flowers can develop on a flower spike when there are 2 or more growths. The plants we offer are flowering size. Not often available.