Cypripedium 2007

[Anthony Darby]

The Ventricosum is grown in a pot because it does better for me this way. I have had it since February 1998, when it was a single nose. Anthony.

[Joakim B]

Anthony thanks for the information
Going from 1 nose to atleast 13 flowers is not to bad (actually very good I would say ) so obviously it is the way to go for You with it  .
Kind regards
Joakim

[Anthony Darby]

I have 'Emil' nearly out so will take its pic. It has 19 flowers from one two years ago.

[Joakim B]

Anthony with that growth on Your Emil You will soon only have ONE plant in the whole garden and city if it continues in that exponentional growth-rate

[Anthony Darby]

Joakim. The plant doesn't occupy much space. I have dug it up for tomorrow's Glasgow show and put it in an 8" (20 cm) pot. Here it is on the kitchen work top (aka "bunker") being tarted up ready for the show. Still not completely out, and, as it was in the ground yesterday, looking one way. Heigh ho.
Anthony.

[David Nicholson]

Anthony, do I spy a little grime towards the bottom of your pot? Time to get the toothbrush and 'Brillo Pad' out!

[Anthony Darby]

That's a 'before' pic David. It had been standing in 3" of dilute systemic fungicide to ensure any broken roots don't get infected. The plastic pot had been scrubbed with hot soapy water before the plant went near it. The C. X ventricosum is going too. A pity the Iris cycloglossa has such untidy habits. Its flowers are looking good.

[Cephalotus]

You all here have magnificent Cypripediums. I wish I had  so big clumps of this orchid one year. Mine is just going to open its flowers in day or two. I have bought it last year, a single plant. This year it will flower with two flowers and also have released two more “shoots”. I also regret, that this species has become extinct in my area. Here were hundreds plants and they all were dug out or cut.

[Cephalotus]

Finally mine Cypripedium calceolus have opened its flowers. What a beautiful view. I can't emagine how magic it would look in the nature... Have a look on it:

[Joakim B]

The calceolus looks like it is growing in the wild so You managed to fit it very well I would say.
Hope it continues to do well
Kind regards
Joakim

[Anthony Darby]

Krzysztof, your calceolus looks very natural. For the first few years it should double each year. Here is my Cypripedium 'Emil' again.

[johanneshoeller]

Some Cypripedium. What could be the first Cyp??? Calceolus?
Cyp tibeticum x parviflorum
Cyp macranthum semi-alba
Cyp flavum (brown, yellow)
Cyp calceolus
Cyp flavum (yellow, green)
Cyp calceolus (brown)

Hans

[Anthony Darby]

Here's Cypripedium x ventricosum. This is one clone as it was a single nosed plant when I got it from Ian Christie in 1998. I have no ideas why there is so much variation in flower colour, but one year a two flowered stem had one flower like 'flower 3' and one like 'flower 4'!

[Ewelina Wajgert]

Beautiful plants Hans and Anthony.

Our C. farrerii has this year 2 flower. Or is it C. fasciolatum? What is the difference? I remember, that you have corrected the name last year.

[Joakim B]

Nice PIcs 
Johannes I have tried to find out what Your unknown are but I have not any good guess. Is the flower always like that? Maybe it is a bit distorted this year due to something unknown.
Is it maybe a prevoius unknown cross between calceolus and palangshanense? They do not seem to overlap so it might be a bad guess but the first one I have. Below a link on how palangshanse looks like (it is not always that redish).
http://www.w-frosch.de/Arten/palan.htm
Unless it is a henryi that is a bit strange or a mix with calceolus. Maybe with a calceolus var flavum (green one) the coulours get similar.
http://www.w-frosch.onlinehome.de/memor.htm

Anthony Nice variation It must be the very variable macranthos that has this effect. Maybe not all the colouration is expressed in all of the parts of the plant.

Ewelina The difference is the size but there is a site where they show the difference between the two. Fasciolatum is bigger
http://www.w-frosch.de/Arten/Bestimm/b1_3b2d.htm

Kind regards
Joakim