Cypripedium 2012

[Maggi Young]

Desperate Dan... it's got the hat and the chin.... bit off in scale though! 

[Maren]

I always think they look like the seven dwarfs (or is it dwarves?). Here is a picture given to me by a friend.

[Hakone]

beautiful mottle leaf

fargesii


lichiangense


margaritaceum

[John Aipassa]

Looks like some sort of cartoon character with two bulbous eyes.

   I see something else, but it is a bit naughty to say it on this forum 

[fredg]

  I see something else, but it is a bit naughty to say it on this forum 

I know exactly what you mean.
Santa's beard and moustache 

It's not that naughty

[John Aipassa]

  I see something else, but it is a bit naughty to say it on this forum 

I know exactly what you mean.
Santa's beard and moustache 

It's not that naughty

LOL 

[Maggi Young]

Fred, John, behave yourselves.... I have sent you an email.   

[John Aipassa]

Fred, John, behave yourselves.... I have sent you an email.   

ROFLMAO

[Hakone]

sichuanense

[sottych]

Hello ,
This picture is CYPRIPEDIUM 'Emile'

[Jeff Hutchings]

This is cyp Pixi (calceolus x tibeticum) which first opened about 10 days ago. This cross was originally registered by Peter Corkhill in 2002. This particular clone is from a German grower. For some reason three plants I had decided to start growing in mid February. The rest of the batch have only just started to grow?

Jeff

[fredg]

Nice plants Jeff.
What height are they?

[angie]

Very nice Jeff, something for me to look forward to 

Angie 

[Maren]

Did I mention the need for control of herbivores around cypripediums? see what happened here. Something chewed the top off these cypripediums as they emerged. Fortunately the diner moved away so the plants were able to develop. They'll look awful this season but will be OK next year. When they've finished flowering I'll put them into one of my many anti-rabbit cages - the cypripediums are inside, the rabbits outside.

I use bird friendly slug pellets all through the growing season anyway to minimise damage. These two were the only ones damaged out of several hundred. Not too bad.

[sottych]

Horror ,woe !
I just found my CYPRIPEDIUM 'Emile' in a sorry state , pouriture at the base.
But grow in a very draining substrate (3 parts pozzolana to 1 part loam)
Set out in the frost , the morning sun !
Please you can explain to me what is next ?
Do you think the strain is delayed ?