My 2010 cypripediums

[Graham Catlow]

My first cypripedium of the year 

Cypripedium plectrochilum

Graham

[Maggi Young]

I can't help it... when I look at them I see little people....

[Graham Catlow]

Maggi

I'd like the little people to reproduce as quickly as possible and maybe in 10 years time it will look as good as the one Maren posted, and who knows maybe ready for an Aberdeen show!

Graham

[Maggi Young]

I'll vote for that, Graham!!  
Are you coming up? The soup is good.........

[Graham Catlow]

It's in my diary Maggi but it is a long way. I haven't been to an Aberdeen show yet so I am tempted.
The soup may help!

Would be a very early start if I had something to exhibit which isn't looking promising at the moment.

Graham

[fredg]

My first cypripedium of the year 

Cypripedium plectrochilum

Graham

My flower failed to open properly.
Is this common on a first flowering of this plant?

[TheOnionMan]

I can't help it... when I look at them I see little people....

Looks like little sleeping people, with their bellies too full after a feast.  Such a unique looking cyp.

[TheOnionMan]

I've shared my anticipation of the common C. parviflorum var. pubescens flowering; this year it has outdone itself.  Three unseasonably hot days pushed these along faster than I could have imagined.  I know I took too many shots, but it's hard to hold back.

[Anthony Darby]

Fantastic clump Mark. 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Fantastic clump Mark. 

I couldn't agree more !!! 

[angie]

The soup may help!

Would be a very early start if I had something to exhibit which isn't looking promising at the moment.

Graham
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The soup is really good ( Maggi makes it ) and it would be nice to see you and your plants here in Aberdeen.
Angie

[johanneshoeller]

Some Cyps. from today
franchetii (2x)
palangshanense
Hybrids from Russia (2x)
macranthos alba

[TheOnionMan]

Some Cyps. from today
franchetii (2x)
palangshanense
Hybrids from Russia (2x)
macranthos alba

Thanks Luc and Anthony.  It makes me wonder if any of these fantastic cyps that Hans is showing, how they might do outside in the garden, how they might bulk up in time.  There are a couple specialists that sell Cyp plants, and some of the many new hybrids, but they're so expensive that they were cost-prohibitive, even when I was working.  The only other on I have coming along is C. reginae, this year with 8 stems.  Thanks Hans for showing us your phenomenal collection... the all white C. macranthos is sublime.

[Graham Catlow]

Mark,
That is indeed a fantastic clump. I think we must have seen it from all angles.

Hans,
Excellent plants, especially the franchetii and macranthos alba, but I also like the diminutive palangshanense.

Graham

[goofy]

hey,
this is the first of my Cyps, growing in the open.
its a liittle bit too late,
while the others are "in time", flowering expected about end of May.

Cypripedium formosanum , 51 shots *, 17 flowers/buds



single flower, closeup


cheers

*) correction: must be shoots