Cypripediums 2016

[monocotman]

Hi,

Anyone else seen movement in their plants after this wacky winter?
I checked my formosanum today in the greenhouse and there are plenty of shoots visible.
Some are an inch long. It won't be long before it flowers.

Regards,

David

[Steve Garvie]

Both formosanum and segawai are moving for me (-both spent the winter in a cold garage with my other Cyps) but unfortunately mice have nibbled at the growing shoots of segawai. These wee varmints have also nibbled on Pleione coronaria and the rootstocks of Platanthera grandiflora and blepharoglottis. All in all a very expensive rodent salad!

Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie!
You have good reason to be scared
.....................be very scared!

[angie]

Hi
Might need a bit of help this year. I was away for a month and on my return my staging had collapsed and my pots were all over the place. Frozen to the ground and smashed . I don't know how long they lay there frozen. Labels are mixed up and I know I have lost 50% of my plants. I was upset but then there are other things in my life that I am dealing with at the moment which put things into prospective . I knew the staging wasn't secure and should have moved the plants, ok no point crying over spilt milk as they say. I will post some pictures when they flower and hopefully you can help me out . Plants all back in the cold frame where they were before I decided to move them 

Angie 

[Maren]

Hi Angie,

so sorry to hear about your dilemma, it must be very upsetting. I'm sure our fellow cyp growers will be able to help you with identification, once you post pictures.

Just a question, why do you grow your cypripediums on a staging? is it so that you can see them better? I have been tempted to do the same but the weight put me off. So mine are just off the ground on solid wooden planks resting on bricks. Seems to work for me.

[monocotman]

Angie,

sorry to hear of the losses.
Please post photos when you have them.
It would be useful to have a full list of what you have then it may be easier to put a name to a plant.

Regards,

David

[angie]

Maren I decided to move my cypripediums where they were more sheltered from the wind. Where I live is very windy and also thought it might be easier lifting the pots of the staging rather than the ground. Hate to say my husband is in construction and he did say he wouldn't put heavy pots on there. Oh well to late now. At least he never said I told you so 
The sad thing is that it was the mature plants that suffered. They were in big terracotta pots and they were the ones that were smashed to bits.

David I will write down the names and I know I have lost two that I got from Anthony Darby sorry Anthony. Will post pictures hopefully. I have them in my greenhouse for the time being , just thought I would give the some protection but maybe this isn't a good idea.

Thanks
Angie 

[Maggi Young]

Have you got  other terracotta pots to replant them in, Angela? We can maybe help you with those.

[angie]

Thanks Maggi for your kind offer. I bought some today .
I have plenty pumice as I bought a few bags when I could and Ian Christie gave me some. Hopefully I will be able to purchase some cypripediums at Dunblane on Saturday.  My plant piggy bank is full up so needs to be emptied. Changed days when I used to use a knife to get money out of my sisters piggy bank, she never knew 
Looking forward to Saturday .

Angie 

[Maggi Young]

I hope you've not been using that trick on Derek's piggybank - he needs it for the golf balls, y'know!

[mark smyth]

I don't have a lot but there are many noses up

[angie]

I hope you've not been using that trick on Derek's piggybank - he needs it for the golf balls, y'know!

Yes and that golf hobby is expensive. My piggy bank sits on my kitchen worktop and somehow his change seems to jump into it  and it never gives me a problem not like my plants.

Mark , hopefully a good display soon.

Angie 

[Maggi Young]

You are a hoot, Angela ! Just as well it's a big coach for the Dunblane Day visit!

[angie]

You are a hoot, Angela ! Just as well it's a big coach for the Dunblane Day visit!

 

Angie 

[WimB]

Cypripedium formosanum and Cypripedium plectrochilon in flower.

[Claire Cockcroft]

Cypripedium parviflorum blooming for the first time, thanks to the generosity of Rimmer DeVries.