Cypripedium 2008

[Joakim B]

Dave very nice henryi 

Hans nice plants in the garden.
Could it be
Gisela
Ulla Silkens
franchetti

4*Flavum
and parviflorum or is it calceolus.
How many rights did I have. I did not check last years posts so I did not cheat. I may be very wrong but it is fun to guess.


Kind regards
Joakim

[johanneshoeller]

Hi Joakim,
the names are
tibeticum x parviflorum (a hybrid grown from Mr. Marta, but this plant is very large)
Ulla Silkens
macranthos / franchetii?
tibeticum, I think so (a very small flower)
4x different flavum
Rascal (a very large hybrid)

[Slug Killer]

Hans,

these are fantastic to see growing in the wild. I wish I had some to picture on my doorstep.

David

[Joakim B]

Hans I must say I am happy with my guesses. Sorry if I guessed on more common plants than what You had. The tibeticumX parviflorum has nice colour. The tibeticum was right in colour but I had problem with the small poach so I did not dare to guess on anything.
Congratulate Mr Marta on his nice hybrid.
The macranthos might be macranthos  (I can not say anything against that) I just saw the stripes and thought of franceti but I think that some macranthos have that as well. I like that feature so it is a very nice plant.
You have very nice collection. Well done

Kind regards
Joakim

[Armin]

Despite all the other Hybrids you showed Hans, the C. calceolus in nature
are the most beautiful for me to see.
Thanks a lot for showing. really GREAT!

Hans,
I agree with Luit C. calceolus in nature is a stunner

[johanneshoeller]

And now really the last Cyp calc

[Joakim B]

Hans lovely sized clumps
Do the color of the dorsal and petal vary from light brown to almost black?
Does the Ophrys (sorry for writhing Orphys before but that sound correct to me even if it is totally wrong) insectifera (?) grow together with the cyps?
Once again thanks for charing the picures and for helping me learning to identify orchids.
Kind regards
Joakim

[johanneshoeller]

Joakim, yes the other orchid (Ophrys insectifera) is growing in common with the Cyps. But you can find there Corallorhiza trifida, Dact fuchsii, different Epipactis - a little later, and many other orchids, too.
The colour of the cyp calc does not depend on the light - so I have just seen.
After a very cold spring or when the cyps do flower very late and it is very cold at the begin of the flowering time the petals / sepals are more green/yellow and not so dark!

[johanneshoeller]

Cyp reginae x corrugatum now full in flower (a very large flower).
The photo is taken in my friend's garden.

[Joakim B]

Hans thanks for the information about the calceolus
Great looking plant that hybrid is. Interesting to see if the colour will depend on temperature as is the case with reginae or it will always be that dark.

Kind regards
Joakim

[Rob]

Here is Cyp Aki taken today. I bought a Cyp Aki pastel at the Malvern show but didn't manage to get a photo before the flower went over.

The pastel flower was half as big again as this one.

[Anthony Darby]

Flowering in today's glorious sunshine after one day's rain. Cc. calceolus; parviflorum pubescens; macranthos (flowering for the first time since I bought it as a seedling in 2003) and 'Philipp', a huge flowered plant which has kentuckyensis is its parentage.

[Stephen Vella]

As allways Anothony your Cyps look great! It amazes me to see C calceolus growing out in full sun with your phlox. The Scottish sun must be so soft.

Philip is a stunner!

Cheers
Stephen
Blue Mountains
Australia.

[Anthony Darby]

I used to grow that clone of calceolus in shade, but the tepals were really pale, almost yellow. I divided it a couple of years ago and it is now back to what it was then, after two seasons.

[Slug Killer]

Flavum





Dave