goofys Cyps 2013

[Anthony Darby]

Judging from the lovely plants your regime works very well, and, as you say, better to be in control of their environment. Living in a relatively mild damp area I was lucky. Perhaps if I hadn't had to sell my plants before the winter of 2010-11 it might have been a different story?

[monocotman]

Anthony,

that winter would certainly have been a test!
I'm pretty sure that some of my pots were frozen through.
I now keep my pots in the brick garage which offers much more protection than the wooden shed they were previously kept in.
Maybe the temperature fluctuations are also reduced and this may also help,

Regards,

David

[Jeff Hutchings]

I think we all have opinions about winter temperatures. 2010/11 we had minus 18C and my 1500 plants were in net sided polytunnels. They were heavily watered until late November and then left with plastic covers over them until mid March (to stop the wind drying them out) when I started watering again. I only lost some californicum and kentuckiense. Maren is right that rapid changes of temperature causes problems; especially for plants taken from the cold and warmed up.

Tolerance to frost or winter rain for that matter depends on the species or the parents of a particular hybrid.

Jeff

[Anthony Darby]

I've been told I would need to put plants in the chiller part of the fridge for 4 months as Auckland doesn't get cold enough in the winter. We get ground frosts but not enough to kill my proteas, but I'm beginning to think otherwise.

[goofy]

hello friends,
here are the first pics from open grown Cyps.

very unusual new hybrid, not yet registered
Cypripedium fasciolatum X Cypripedium acaule


closeup


Cypripedium fargesii from China, potgrown


Cypripedium ventricosum, first flowering  cultivar from my ventricosum collection


Cypripedium Frohnau SilkSun


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[Anthony Darby]

Wow. Some stunning flowers there.

[goofy]

hello friends,
some more just opened.

Cypripedium pubescens cv. Frohnau selected for long petals


Cypripedium Shawna Austin


Cypripedium Carol Ilene


Cypripedium plectrochilum (another clone)


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[goofy]

hello friends,
in the past I could obtain a batch of cordigerum seedlings.
many of them are flowering now for the first time.

enjoy some pics from the "clump" as well as some closeups,
showing different forms of flowers   


Cypripedium cordigerum










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[Pauli]

Lots of fine plants - congratulations!

I have never seen so many cordigerum-flowers. Are they one clone or grown up seedlings?

[goofy]

hey,
these are a "clump" of about 20-30 different seedlings,
growing in one 40 cm pot.

cheers

[goofy]

hello friends,
I made this hybrid in 2008, and they flower the first year now.
Mr. Frosch was 'faster' and named it already Schoko.

rare to see a double flower plant

Cypripedium Schoko



this is the first flowering of my different kentuckienses,
the clone is alread about 20 years old
with long dark twisted petals

Cypripedium kentuckiense 'HaPee'


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[Botanica]

Very incredible collection Goofy...i am so happy to see all cypripedium species and varieties.

How many cypri types have you in the garden ?


Cypripedium fasciolatum X Cypripedium acaule is very strange one ..not bad !

Cypripedium Schoko is very very nice one....i hope i could find that for the next year !

My garden was under the red spot 

[goofy]

hello,
I have not so many

but here are some more from my small collection.

Cypripedium Schoko #1


Cypripedium Schoko #2 (not so Schoko)


Cypripedium guttatum


Cypripedium pubescens


Cypripedium parviflorum cv. Frohnau selected for long petals


Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin


Cypripedium SilkSun cv.#2


Cypripedium fasciolatum


Cypripedium Sebastian so far the best montanum hybrid, this year with double flower


Cypripedium hotei-atsumorianum 50 years old cultivar from Japan


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[John Aipassa]

Great looking Cyps, Dieter!

[Corrado & Rina]

Wow Botanica Goofy they are beautiful .... the C. machrantos hotei-atsumorianum is splendid, both colour and shape.