Cypripedium 2012

[Jeff Hutchings]

Forgot to say. If anyone is visiting RHS Harlow Carr in the next few weeks you should be able to have a close look at all seven of the Gardenorchids cypripediums as the RHS has just purchased 50 from me to be planted in a new bed complex.

Jeff

[Maggi Young]

The Kentucky Maxi is indeed like Gabriela. I like the way the bowl darkens as it gets older.

Is that kind of colour  change often found in Cyps, Jeff?

[Anthony Darby]

The naming of cyps is the personal choice of the original breeder who registered the cross. Perhaps the original 'Uwes Alba' was white, but since all cyps are grown from seed, subsequent crosses may throw up different colours. I think Dieter is right about Cyp. kentucky looking wrong, but he must have better garden centres than the UK if he can find cypripediums in them. Most garden centre staff would glaze over, as if you were speaking Latin, if you asked about them.

[WimB]

Thanks all for the help, to summarise, you can never be really sure about the Cyp you get when you buy one from Garden Orchids(??)....or at least not of the hybrids:

but 'Kentucky Maxi' could be 'Gabriela' (kentuckiense x fasciolatum) and 'Kentucky Pink Blush' could be 'Philipp' (macranthos x kentuckiense)....

[Hakone]

cypripedium tibeticum

[Maren]

Hello Hakone,

lovely C. tibeticum flower, good shape. But is the flower colour really as light as shown or has your camera cheated and made it lighter? We discussed this elsewhere, it is so difficult to capture the darker reds.

Beautiful plant, though, I have just taken delivery of 30 young plants of C. tibeticum from Holger Perner and I hope they turn out as nice as yours.

[Hakone]

another cypripedium tibeticum

[Hakone]

cypripedium Aki and cypripedium tibeticum

[Anthony Darby]

These are very pale tibeticum. Mine were really dark. My favourite is the one with dark netting over yellow on the tepals.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Thanks all for the help, to summarise, you can never be really sure about the Cyp you get when you buy one from Garden Orchids(??)....or at least not of the hybrids:
but 'Kentucky Maxi' could be 'Gabriela' (kentuckiense x fasciolatum) and 'Kentucky Pink Blush' could be 'Philipp' (macranthos x kentuckiense)....

It seems so Wim , as we also discussed on our Flemish forum .As you know this one is also from them ...

[krisderaeymaeker]

And from the same source ...but I was thinking this is maybe Cypripedium parviflorum subsp. pubescens ? 

[goofy]

hello Kris,
for me this is not pubescens,

no doubt there is also fasciolatum influence in the flower.........

[goofy]

hello,
some more flowers opened.............

Cypripedium X ventricosum 'white'


Cypripedium Gisela 'yellow strain'




Cypripedium Hybrid (Aki X kentuckiense)


Cypripedium hotei-atsumorianum


Cypripedium Hybrid Carol Ilene


enjoy

[monocotman]

Goofy - nice plants - at least one of your x ventricosums is almost white!
Is the hotei from Jeff? I see that rareplants is now offering this form of macranthos.
Regards,
David

[goofy]

hello David,

the white ventricosum is NOT from "Uwe", 
its a plant from W. Frosch, about 10 years old now.........,

the hotei is about 50 years in cultivation
and I received a piece about 5 years ago from a buddy.

the hotei now selling on the web are from "dutch" source..........

cheers