Cypripedium 2009

[Anthony Darby]

I think stolon is not quite correct, as they are really rhizomes and the flowering shoot is a terminal bud.

[cristoff]

My small bed of Cypripedium parviforum and pubescens are breaking ground after the great weather we've been having lately. Will post some pics as soon as I get a chance.

[johanneshoeller]

My first Cypripedium in this year. I think it is a macranthos typ. And an ordinary very strong Cyp calc. in a pot.

[Paul T]

Just catching up on the orchid topics.... Thanks Anthony for the info.  I've never been quite sure where the difference between stolon and rhizome lies.  Thanks for clarifying the Cyp for me.

[Michael]

Amazing colony Johannes! It will be a nice display this year!

[Anthony Darby]

Amazing colony Johannes! It will be a nice display this year!

I think it will be a single plant?

[johanneshoeller]

The first Cyps in my friend's greenhouse.
Maybe Cyp. shanxiense
Cyp. plectrochilon
Cyp. japonicum

[Tony Willis]

My first attempt at Cypripedium.

Cypripedium formosanum

Michael my first attempt also,I have one other.

Cypripedium formosanum

[Maggi Young]

Some Cyp. photos in the Perth Show thread, Folks....
see here: http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3412.0

[Viola]

Yeterday in my garden.

Cypripedium fasciolatum
Arisaema sikokkianum

[ian mcenery]

It looks like the Cyp season is starting

Here is my C fasciolatum slowly gaining strength

[Anthony Darby]

Your fasciolatum certainly is looking good Ian. Here's my Cypripedium 'Sabine'. Because it is in a pot I'm tempted to rotate it to stop it leaning one way, hence the random direction of the flowers.

[ian mcenery]

Your fasciolatum certainly is looking good Ian. Here's my Cypripedium 'Sabine'. Because it is in a pot I'm tempted to rotate it to stop it leaning one way, hence the random direction of the flowers.

Anthony this is one I don't grow it looks very nice. Some of mine have the irritating habiit of flowering the wrong way  .

[monocotman]

Hi guys,
nice to see that the cyp season has started, a bit late in the UK, but making up for it with the present warm weather.
i thought that it would be interesting to compare three very closely related hybrids.
First photo is of 'Inge' and it two parents, parviflorum var parviflorum and fasciolatum ( represented by a couple of clones with differently coloured lips).
It plainly demonstrates hybrid vigour even if some 'special' parents were used.
The second photo is of the hugely vigorous hybrid 'Sunny'( calceolus x fasciolatum).
This plant has grown like a triffid ever since I received it four years ago and is a good 'do-er' with shortish stems of pale yellow and brown flowers. Plant height is only a little taller than fasciolatum.For the first time this year one of the stems had two flowers.
Anthony - like your 'Sabine' this plant throws flowers in random directions so doesn't have a 'good side'. I've got round this at least partially in the past by placing the pot in a corner next to a wall during the stem development - the flower buds do seem to show a weak response to light.
Third is 'Victoria' which is parviflorum var pubescens  x fasciolatum.
This is a young plant flowering for the first time with three stems and two flowers.
At present it is only a bit taller than fasciolatum but with time I hope it will approach Inge.
It has a chance as they are so closely related.
The common factor in these hybrids, fasciolatum seems to be an excellent parent, imparting vigour to all its progeny, either via height or number of stems.
The last photo is of two different forms of macranthos, the japanese 'hotei atsumorianum' and the normal form.
'Hotei' is a very distinct plant with very fat stems and leaves, much less hairy than the normal form and with this very deeply coloured flower.
I'll update this photo when the flower is open, it looks very promising, but it is much slower than all the others to develop,
Regards,
David

[Anthony Darby]

Your fasciolatum certainly is looking good Ian. Here's my Cypripedium 'Sabine'. Because it is in a pot I'm tempted to rotate it to stop it leaning one way, hence the random direction of the flowers.

Anthony this is one I don't grow it looks very nice. Some of mine have the irritating habiit of flowering the wrong way  .

It is very vigorous and started as a £3 seedling from PC in his sale before the name had be registered. I watch a bumble bee go into the pouch and then out via the route that takes it through the narrow gap between the stigma and then left stamen. It didn't bother visiting the other flowers in the pot. I suspect it was rather p****d off, even though it was in and out in less than a minute. If it is still looking good I'll take it to Glasgow next weekend.