Cypripedium 2012

[John Aipassa]

Some of my Cyp hybrids in my garden.

Notice Emil almost overgrown by a clump of Trillium albidum, which became very large this year. I have to move the Cyp to give it some space.

1 to 3 are my favorite Cyp: Sebastian. #3 is flowering for the first time.
4 and 5 are x andrewsii
6 is Erika
7 is Emil
8 is Ingrid
9 is Gisela Pastel
10 is a lighter colored form of x andrewsii

[wolfgang vorig]

John, nice collection

[ichristie]

Hello all wonderful pictures I am surprised that so many Cypripediums are flowering well do not think the flowers outside will last long as the weather is foul. A few pictures from my garden and plants in pots under cover, cheers Ian the Christie kind

[angie]

Some really nice Cyps there 

Angie 

[Anthony Darby]

Unusually coloured tepals in the macranthos.

[John Aipassa]

Hi Ian,

Your Parville is very colorful. Very nice. I have seen lesser colored ones.

Cheers,

[Anthony Darby]

Looks very like 'Emil'?

[John Aipassa]

Looks very like 'Emil'?

It does. But since Parville is a trade name of Dutch nursery Anthura Garden Orchid and is actually parviflorum it is no surprise that it can look like 'Emil'.

[Anthony Darby]

How can a species be marketed under a trade name? I've not seen red on the pouch of parviflorum before.

[John Aipassa]

How can a species be marketed under a trade name? I've not seen red on the pouch of parviflorum before.

For the sake of commerce I think. They do it with other species too.

They have Pueblo, which is pubescens. Kentucky, which is kentuckiense. Regina and Regina white, which are reginae. Now they have hybrids too like Kentucky Pink Blush. Visit their website and look at their assortment: http://www.gardenorchid.com/en/assortiment/

[John Aipassa]

By the way. These marketed species by Anthura are aimed for the mass public, who are less interested in the scientific names. These orchids are sold at Garden Centres and even DIY stores for what I consider bargain prices: 20 to 25 euros for multibudded clumps. When the flowers are 'over' you can even buy multibudded specimens for about 10 euros at these DIY stores last year.

[Sarmienta]

10 Euro ................  John , You can bring me some 
I also bought some like this ? hybrid.....should be a kentuckie maxie 2 flowering buds just 20 euro. and parville with 7 flowers in it..

In the garden is flowering Macranthos ,and white macranthos

[Tony Willis]

My very green Cypripedium henryi which has rotted of at the base as it flowered. Lets hope there are some dormant buds on the roots.

[John Aipassa]

Nice rocky set up you've got there for your Cyps.

Your Kentucky Maxi looks a bit like kentuckiense x fasciolatum.

When I encounter these Garden Orchid Cyps on a clearance sale at the DIY stores (mostly in Germany, but the border is just a few miles away) I will think of you 

[Hakone]

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