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H Hello Ray!, Thanks for the information! I've got LECA and have used that along with Turface, MVP, Perlite, Lava Rock, Pumice, crushed granite and several other potting medias. Since you have done this in the past and it worked, I think I'll give it a go. Sorry to hear about the miss-hap - I...

Hey Phred! Good to hear from you! Yea, I do bury the entire pot. I had it "buried" in mulched leaves up to the rim of the pot all summer to keep the soil at a constant (and cooler) temperature than the ambient air around it. Here in the South it gets pretty hot and humid. The mulch helps Keep...

Hi Linus_Cello, thanks for your reply! Yes, I thought about putting the entire pot in the refrigerator but the mere size of it prevents me from doing that. The pot is ceramic and stands a little over 12 inches (30cm) tall and equally as wide at the top. As with most pots it tapers down so the...

Hello everyone. I've got a quick question. I've grown my Cyps in pots and have had pretty good luck. Recently however, my Cyp. Reginae has failed to bloom the last two seasons. I'm thinking my Winters here in the South are just too mild and they prefer a longer, cooler stratification period...

Thanks Ray!! I did a little Google searching as well and it seems that several growers use either slow release pellets like Osmocote (using one supplemented with additional micro nutrient elements) applied right before the bud breaks ground in the Spring or Peter's 20-20-20 at 1/4 strength...

Does anyone have advice on fertilizing Cyps such as Cyp. Kentuckiense, Cyp. Acaule, Cyp Pubescens and Cyp. Reginae, ? Mine are doing OK, but I think they would benefit with a little supplementation. I've heard using slow release pellets like Osmocote in the spring before or right as the buds...

Oh, I do use inorganic medium in all but my Cyp. Acaule. I haven't used much in the way of fertilizers though which is something I probably need too.

I've added some additional pics of the leaves I removed this morning. As you can see in one pic the top leaf is completely dead and whatever it is has moved to the lower leaf. This is how this disease or condition progresses. It doesn't affect the entire plant all at once, it slowly works its...

The plants are located in a shaded area along with my collection of other cyps all of which are doing fairly well. No direct sun except in the morning and late evening as they have been receiving for the past several years. We have had quite a bit of rain and we did have a heat wave with the...

I have a Cyp. Pubescens that grew extremely well for me last year. This year It almost doubled in size and I had multiple 'double blooms'. I thought everything was going well until 3 of them seem to be displaying some sort of disease or something. I'm not quite sure as it just popped up all of a...

Thanks Keithrs Those articles were very informative. I especially liked his step by step explanation of the wick method to help keep the roots cool when growing in pots. The pictures helped enormously. I knew I could count on Slippertalk and its members to help me out! Thanks again!

Is there somewhere on this forum that spells out the best growing mediums for the different Cyps? Presently I use a mix of Perlite, Sand, Soil Perfector and Turface and my Cyp. Acaule seem to be doing well. I'd like to expand my collection soon to include Cyp. Parviflorum, Cyp. Pubescens, Cyp...

Thanks! I've got slug bait already but hadn't seen any so never put any down. Any advice on how to save the weakend seedlings? SuperThrive perhaps or just a wait and see approach?

I have 3 Cypripedium Reginae seedlings that began very well, now seem to be taking a turn for the worse. I can't find anything on the plant that might be eating it, but then again I'm not watching it 24/7 either. Can anyone figure it out? These seedlings are growing outside in pots with an...

Turface and Soil Perfector mix I'm asking about the 50/50 ratio of Turface and Soil Perfector - specifically what the ideal consistency should be. I'd like to try Ron's method of keeping the mix completely inorganic. It's not easy properly proportioning two completely opposite soil...

Hello Linus, All my Cyps are outside and I've got mine in pots. The organic media I use is a peat moss/sand/perlite mix that I layer with leaf mulch (much like it would occur in nature as leaves fall and slowly decay) and they seem to love it. For my Cyp Acaule's I throw in mulched pine...

Hey Tom, Thanks for your quick reply. Ron is the person who recommended the mix. I private messaged him about the issue. He grows just about everything he has in the Turface/Soil Perfector mix. However, I never recieved a reply so I posted in the Forum. At the moment I'm growing Cyp. Acaule and...

Thanks Tom! I might try that - anything to loosen the potting media. I wanted to try growing some Cyps in a non-organic potting media. Some say that it's better for the plants because you don't have to disturb the plants as often or re-pot because the media doesn't break down as organic media...

I am using a 50/50 mix of Turface and Soil Perfector for my Cyps. Now I may be worrying too much, but I just want to make sure I'm not making life for my Cyp's difficult. The Turface, now that it has settled in the pots, has a very stiff - almost cement like texture. Unlike sand which gives...