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I have looked at the Calflora records regarding the reported occurrence of C. fasciculatum south of Mendocino County in Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, & San Mateo counties and believe the information is wrong. The basis of the report of the occurrence of this species in those counties is from prior...

My refrigerator temps are at 36 F from when they go in, around Dec. 10 to when they come out, around March 15. This is day & night temps. I think your yard really has to be cold without any significant warm ups as such would encourage premature growth and result in exhausting the plants. The...

The mix is a combination of hard wood leaves, decomposing bark, and granitic gravel with some nitrohumus. Roughly equal parts by volume of bark and hard wood leaves, such as oak, and to 1 part of this combination 1/2 part of granitic gravel. And about a teaspoon of nitrohumus blended into the mix.

I bought these from Spangle Creek Labs. A great source!! Here is a link to a nice page with images you can click on. Also the map showing the distribution is off. The plants occur further south just north of San Francisco Bay. Cypripedium californicum

Eric, the gloves are to keep my hands from getting mucky. Did not think the potting was significant. Just stick the plant into the styrafoam cup & pour in the mix. Shake to settle. Not much else. kind of like potting cymbidiums. After doing a few hundred of them it is the same oh-hum!!

Thanks KyushuCalanthe! I checked out their natural habitat from what I could find on the net and they are found as far south as Mt. Tamalpais in the north peninsula of the San Francisco Bay. As I am just 10 miles east of the ocean in central California I figured that I had a good chance of them...

This year I decided to do a video on the cyp seedlings as they come out of vernalization and go into their pots for outdoor cultivation. May 5th will mark the 3rd year that I have been growing these 7 seedlings of C. californicum. My practice is to depot for vernalization and repot the following...

Dido, I presume you mean if Spangle Creek Labs offer the other species?? California has only two other species: C. fasciculatum and C. montanum. I have not seen either in person just on the net. NYEric, I am not too sure what you mean. After linking you can click on the image to get it to...

I have a 6 page journal on what I am doing in raising C. californicum seedlings on Photobucket. http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s184/jwcimage/Orchids/Cypripedium/Cypripedium%20californicum/cypcalP1.jpg...

Greetings, Just wanted to update my home page. Still have the freeservers pages but will be dropping them in due time. Primary home page: http://www.geocities.com/jceditorsi/ Primary plant pages: http://s152.photobucket.com/albums/s184/jwcimage/

Nice! But aren't these plants being forced? is that good for their growth or are these throw-aways or will they be re-aclimated to the natural cycle??

Steven, Hey but I cannot grow Cyps in my garden here!!!! Just in pots that I have to stick in the fridge. So . . . .

Sounds like this one can be grown outside year round almost in Santa Barbara County southward along the coast!

Indeed, Jane, glad things did work for you and your plants. A great sigh of relief! Sounds like the utility needs to get with the program and keep those lines protected. Out here tree trimmers keep busy making sure no such problems develop! And we don't have sleet or snow just winds!!:pity:

would egg shells added to the mix make any difference?