My 2010 cypripediums

[Maren]

Hi Graham,
my C. guttatum is nearly over. I made the mistake of bringing it into the cold house for photography and then forgetting it there. Of course, these last few days, cold houses have turned into rather hot houses. It was lovely while it lasted.

I am most impressed by your C. phalangshanense, how do you grow it? It looks nice and healthy.

[Graham Catlow]

Hi Maren,
Thank you for your kind comments.
The C. phalangshanense is grown in a fibrous pine duff with a coarse grit sand added for free drainage. I never let it dry out. As with all my Cypripediums it is grown on the east side of the house so that it receives morning sun which passes by mid day.
The pot grown ones are under the protection of a tub grown Arbutus unedo and are left there over the winter. Except for C. guttatum which in the winter is placed in the most exposed part of the garden to get thouroughly frozen. It is, however, covered with a plastic cloche to keep the worst of the winter wet off it. The pot cracked with the frost this year and fell apart. A rushed re-potting was required.

Graham

[Anthony Darby]

Here are Cc. calceolus and its American cousin p. parviflorum. The latter is also from Ian Christie in 1999 and illustrated (twice) in the June 2002 Journal. It hasn't been moved from this spot in all that time, although I did dig it up a few years ago and replant in a larger hole filled with my usual potting mix.

[Maren]

Anthony,

you must have a beautiful garden, judging by the glimpses you show. Are you open to the public?

[Anthony Darby]

Anthony,

you must have a beautiful garden, judging by the glimpses you show. Are you open to the public?

Alas, 4th July when they are well past. Anyone is welcome to come any time though.

[olegKon]

I got these 2 cypripediums from the same sourse as Cypripedium tibetanum. They are both in bloom this year. And... to my delight they are different! Is any of them C.tibetanum?

[Anthony Darby]

The second one is definitely tibeticum, and is my favourite form with the lighter tepals. The first one could be C. smithii?

[christian pfalz]

hi, some of my cyps...
gisela?

michael



cypripedium x andrewsii



cheers
chris

[johnw]

Flowering today var. planipetalum

johnw

[Maren]

Hi Christian,
your 'Michael' is so much prettier than mine. On mine, the flower colour is all washed out. Do you grow yours in more shade, I wonder?

[Slug Killer]

I got these 2 cypripediums from the same sourse as Cypripedium tibetanum. They are both in bloom this year. And... to my delight they are different! Is any of them C.tibetanum?

The first looks like C. franchetii, is the ovary hairy?

Second is a very nice dark form of C. tibeticum which is also one of my favourites.

David

[christian pfalz]

hi maren, sunny place a half day...sandy soil, behind an acer shishigashira...
cheers
chris

[Anthony Darby]

Hi Christian,
your 'Michael' is so much prettier than mine. On mine, the flower colour is all washed out. Do you grow yours in more shade, I wonder?

Don't forget Maren there are multiple reasons why your 'Michael' could be different as they are grexes and not clones. Look at the amount of red on my 'Emil'. That's genetic, not environment.

[olegKon]

Thank you, Anthony and David. I'll look at the ovary to be sure.

[Slug Killer]

Some more today

Cyp micranthum
Cyp debile
Cyp franchetii
Cyp calceolus??
Cyp palangshanense