My 2010 cypripediums

[Graham Catlow]

Hi Anthony,
Thank you for your kind comment on my P. forrestii
I do grow cyps. Mostly very young and in their early stages. I will post photos as they flower.
My collection includes
C. formosanum - which I have had for many years in a raised bed and has 34 shoots this year.
C. guttatum - flowered last year on a single shoot. Re-potted this year as the frost cracked the pot. There were three shoots but only two have appeared.
C. palangshense
C. plectrochilum
C. reginae - bought last year, and in the same raised bed as the formosanum but hasn't appeared yet??
C. smithii
C. tibeticum

Photos
C. guttatum from last year
C formosanum from 2007

[Slug Killer]

The c. guttatum is stunning and the C. formosanum as very impressive.

My C. reginae are the last to flower every year and there is no sign yet here either but that's normal for me.

David

[Graham Catlow]

Thanks David,
I will resist poking around the C. reginae for a while.
Just noticed two buds on the plectrochilum - a first for me. Could be another but the shoot is a little small at this point.
The whole plant is smaller than I would have expected - perhaps some feeding needed this year.

Graham

[Maren]

Hi, Cyp plectrochilum is a small plant anyway, in my case so small that it completely disappeared from its pot. Just one of very few losses I suffered after this dreadful winter. It breaks my heart because C. plectrochilum is a great favourite, it looks like the seven dwarfs (or is it dwarves??)  

[Slug Killer]

Maren

That is a stunning pot full there. Don't think I've seen that many together. Unfortunately I have also lost some this winter but thankfully not all.

[Anthony Darby]

Another I've not tried.

[Graham Catlow]

Hi Maren,
Thats a lovely potful! How many years did it take to get to that size? What a pity it hasn't survived the winter.
My plectrochilum has four shoots this year but they are only about 3cm high; two with buds. Perhaps they will grow before the buds bloom.

Graham

[Anthony Darby]

Cypripedium 'Sabine' will be my first cyp to flower this year. I guess it won't be ready for Glasgow! It looks as if it will have 10 flowering shoots. Not bad for a 3 quid seedling from Paul Christian!

[Slug Killer]

Cypripedium 'Sabine' will be my first cyp to flower this year. I guess it won't be ready for Glasgow! It looks as if it will have 10 flowering shoots. Not bad for a 3 quid seedling from Paul Christian!

If only they would all grow that well.

David

[shelagh]

Well this is what I splurged all my birthday money on in March.  I have taken lots of pictures in case that's all I ever see.

Cypripedium macranthos

[Gail]

Well this is what I splurged all my birthday money on in March.  I have taken lots of pictures in case that's all I ever see.

Cypripedium macranthos

It's very beautiful Shelagh but think positive - we're looking forward to the photos of the many-flowered mature plant in due course!

[Anthony Darby]

Shelagh, a beautiful plant well grown. No turning back now!

[johanneshoeller]

My Cyp. macranthos and some guttatum

[shelagh]

I have to say that E. guttatum is my favourite since I was introduced to it at Tartu Botanic Garden in Estonia but I was told it is not really a clumper and likes to move about so not ideal for a pot or the show bench.

[Anthony Darby]

Yet again, not one I've tried.