Calceolus in bloom

[dodidoki]

It is a great pleasure to me, I have been searching it for more than 20 years, invain ( calce live in wild in my country, but very rare). Finally I could buy two ones from legal source in last year, this year one of them turned to bloom. Enjoy!


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[Rick]

Beautiful flower:clap:

Is it in pot or in the ground?

 

[parvi_17]

Gorgeous! Congratulations, it's one of my favorites too and definitely hard to find.

 

[Dido]

Nice flower I never found them in nautre and I am living in his natural habitat too.
all mine turned out to be from the chinese form
bought this year another one, lets see if it is true or not.

 

[Erythrone]

Cute!

 

[dodidoki]

Many thanks for comments!
Rick, yes, it is living in the ground, in full light, exept between 10-16 hours, this period they get about 60% of full light. Absolutely hardy, I can tell I did nothing with them only water if weather is very hot and dry.

Dido, yes, very hard to find in nature, now I'm happy to see one alive but I won't give up to find and see it in natural habitat.

 

[NYEric]

Nice, thanks for sharing.

 

[SlipperFan]

Very nice!

 

[abax]

Gorgeous bloom and excellent photo. This one is new to me and very
exciting.

 

[dodidoki]

Beautiful flower:clap:

Is it in pot or in the ground?

Rick, it is living here:


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[Linus_Cello]

Are the rocks to help protect the plant? Are you concerned the rocks are preventing new shoots from coming up?

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Sweet!

 

[The Orchid Boy]

Very pretty!

 

[dodidoki]

Are the rocks to help protect the plant? Are you concerned the rocks are preventing new shoots from coming up?

It is a rock-garden, I planted cyps on the shady side of that. There is enough place between rocks so new growths will find their way to the surface, I'm sure.