Cyp Gisela

[PaphMadMan]

Taken with my cell phone camera, so please forgive the image quality. It is all I have to work with right now.

The full height is about 9 inches, and considering the plant was completely uprooted by the squirrels twice I'm very happy to have this pretty little one in bloom.

Cyp Gisela (parviflorum x macrathos)

 

[Jorch]

:clap: Very red! It's lovely

 

[biothanasis]

Pretty cool!!! Nice colour!!!

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Ooo, nice dark clone and that lip is really big too. Lookin' good!

 

[parvi_17]

I agree with the above - it has a nice red color.

 

[SlipperFan]

Very sweet.

 

[Paph_LdyMacBeth]

i'm not usually a big fan of cyps, but this one has me smitten. I like the colour & shape!

 

[NYEric]

i'm not usually a big fan of cyps

Nice one, thanx for posting.

 

[CodPaph]

very very nice

 

[SlipperKing]

Super. What's it growing in?

 

[PaphMadMan]

Super. What's it growing in?

I had to improvise when it was time to pot this up when I received it last fall, and it ended up in a mixture of acrillite (calcined clay), perlite, charcoal and a peaty fine orchid potting mix. It seems happy enough in it so far, but unfortunately the squirrels seem to find it irresistible to dig in. There is now a layer of pine bark landscape mulch on top, saturated with a pepper oil squirrel repellent product, and the squirrels interest has diminished but not stopped.

 

[NYEric]

Do squirrels eat cyps?

 

[PaphMadMan]

Do squirrels eat cyps?

The squirrels haven't eaten the plant, just dug it up completely twice.