Cypripedium 2008

[johanneshoeller]

Wonderful plants from a friend
a true farreri
a new hybrid ( andrewsii x montanum)
tibeticum
flavum alba (correct: acaule x reginae?)
reginae x corrugatum

[Anthony Darby]

I now have twelve clumps in flower, ranging from three to thirty flowers. Still at least the same number of clumps that range from a day or two off opening to reginae and kentuckyensis which are a week or two off.

[Joakim B]

Hans very nice ones an interesting new hybrid between reginae and corrugatum. How tall is it?I have no oppinium about the flavum alba more than it is nice   .

ADarby we are looking forward to Your Cyps coming into flower it sounds as if we have a treat waiting , but where are the pictures? These are nice plants so if You would repeat any that is just great.

Kind regards
Joakim

[Anthony Darby]

Does it matter if they are in the wrong kind of pot?

[Joakim B]

I look at flowers not pots so I do not care about the pot. So just bring it on this is "real life" and not a staged show. They are so pretty by them self that no pot can take that away.
We have a saying "A rose is still a rose even in a broken vas but snuff (Swedish snus) is snuff even in a golden box".

Bring it on
Kind regards
Joakim

[Maggi Young]

Does it matter if they are in the wrong kind of pot?

I suppose that depends whether or not you intend to give anyone a hernia carrying the pot or not, Anthony

[johanneshoeller]

Joakim, Cyp reginae x corrugatum is so 30 cm tall and acaule x reginae is like a reginae.

[Anthony Darby]

Does it matter if they are in the wrong kind of pot?

I suppose that depends whether or not you intend to give anyone a hernia carrying the pot or not, Anthony

Mmmm. Jean told me the weight wasn't the problem. She just said don't ever exhibit a plant in a garish patio planter again! Well, it's either that or plastic as terra cotta isn't frost proof.

[Anthony Darby]

Here's some pics:
Emil in that pot;
Hank Small showing what the frost does to terracotta;
Gisela in a new position in the garden;
p. parviflorum where it has been for 10 years;
likewise calceolus, which needs moving as it has gone back (possible builder damage?);
Karl Heinz;
two forms of X Ventricosum Album.

[Joakim B]

Thanks for the information Hans
Adarby very nice plants
Is there a size difference amongst the Xentricosum? Some are twice as big as the others.? Or is it a trick of the camera?
Do the flowers grow wile open?

Many questions.
Wrap some nice paper around the pot when exhibiting. It is nice and hides the pot that has taken a beating from the winter.

Thanks for sharing You have nice plants in a nice setting.

Kind regards
Joakim

[Maggi Young]

I think that if plants aregrown on a patio then these glazed decorative pots are lovely, but given that there is still a widespread preference for terracotta pots at shows, then there will be resistance to those glazed pots.  Certainly I was aware of quite a few people saying that they did not like Emil's pot at the Aberdeen Show !! That being said there were a number of plants on the bench in such pots and at  least two of them won awards....

It was certainly a lot heavier than I would have liked to cart around, and leaked water all over the bench, too    I was told that perhaps Emil is not Emil, though you are sure it/he is Emil......all very confusing.......I am barely able to tell my Emil from my elbow, I thought it/he was super!

[Anthony Darby]

Definitely Emil as it fits on all counts: size; colour; vigour. No other plant could go from one flower to thirty in four years. It is a seed-grown hybrid between p.parviflorum and calceolus, so there is a lot of variation between forms. Look at the difference between the two X Ventricosum albums both bought at the same time from Paul Christian.

[Joakim B]

I see now no problem with a glaced pot it looks nice. It is a matter of what one is used to. Things change and I think it is important that SRGC follows that or it will be lost. The plastic terracotta ones are not looking that bad either. And they have almost no weight.
Parviflorum can sometimes have this red markings and bring that to its hybrids. I was also a bit confused last year when it was shown but got convinced it is what it says.

Kind regards
Joakim

[Anthony Darby]

Earlier this month Ian Christie exhibited Cypripedium Philipp. I have this, but my plant and its flowers are huge compared with Ian's. Ulla Silkens is another that has a great deal of variation between different clones.

[Joakim B]

Sorry I meant to say I see no problem with glaced pots.
Adarby is there also a variation in flower size due to cultivation technique.
I have got that impression from other forum but not seen it my self.

Kind regards
Joakim