cyprimaniacs Cypripediums 2011

[cyprimaniac]

hey,
first Cypripedium is flowering in my greenhouse this year.
It is a very rare little species from Taiwan.

This is a seed grown plant and now 6 years old.
Last years flower was a little bit 'crippled',
but it is now in second flowering season:

Cypripedium segawai.

enjoy

 

[biothanasis]

Very nice!!! It seems like it is intermediate of henryi and flavum...hehe!!

 

[Dido]

A nice one would love to have one.
Have only Hybrid with segawai from Frosch.
Maybe you give pollen away for me.

 

[tocarmar]

Very Nice!!! Add that one too my wish list!

 

[SlipperFan]

Lovely yellow.

 

[NYEric]

Nice. Thanx for sharing.

 

[smartie2000]

very cool

 

[cyprimaniac]

Very nice!!! It seems like it is intermediate of henryi and flavum...hehe!!

indeed, according to Paul Cribb it is most closely allied to the chinese species C. henryi. But it makes mostly one-flower stems. there is also a 'variety' with finely red spotted lip.

cheers

 

[monocotman]

very nice. You don't see his species offered very often,
David

 

[W. Beetus]

Interesting bloom!

 

[fundulopanchax]

Excellent, Dieter!

One I have been looking for a long time!

Ron

 

[cyprimaniac]

hey, last year I could obtain a piece of that tiny Cypripedium,
just about 6-7 inches high.
It grew well and made a nice new growth, just flowering.
Thank you, J.W.

Cypripedium planipetalum

enjoy

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Very nice Dieter. It is cool to see it maintaining its flat petals like that. It will be interesting to see if it changes over time - getting more twisted. That segawai is a precious thing - they are all but gone from the wild now, or so I hear. Treasure it, there aren't many of those left in the world.

 

[cyprimaniac]

Cyps

hello Tom,
sorry, I forgot that YOU are still in the forum :clap:

ok, we will see, how the flower develops next days.

the segawai is pollinated to preserve for next generation of Cyp lovers

cheers

 

[Ernie]

Neat!

How do you grow your cyps? All in pots? Do you sink them? Any in beds? What mix do you use?

 

[cyprimaniac]

Neat!

How do you grow your cyps? All in pots? Do you sink them? Any in beds? What mix do you use?

Ernie,
I do not intend to "berate" you, :rollhappy:

just take a look into my thread "..........cyps in progress"

all you want to know, you can see there ity:

cheers

BTW, about ten years ago it was 35 years, that I grow Cyps SUCCESSFULLY.
I am sure, I know EXACTLY

 

[Ernie]

What mix do you use generally?

 

[cyprimaniac]

Ernie, to be honest.
the mix in general is not that important.

as you can see from pics in my other thread,
I use in plastic pots
and for delicate and rare specimen in the greenhouse
and smaller plants in sunken pots:

equal parts of turface/seramis,
Perlite, 3 mm coarse sand,
and sometimes I add few fine orchid/pine bark.
sometimes covered with small orchid bark or composted pine needles
to prevent too fast dryout,

but many are growing in the "natural" wooden layer over sandy ground
in my woodland garden, which is typical for the area where I live.

seedlings are growing in sunken claypots in pure diatomite (1-3-millimeters size)
in rain protected sheltered area in the shade ...........

IMPORTANT IS NO STAGNANT MOISTURE


and pls apologize that I "berated" you.
it was not my intention,
but I could not resist to do, because you asked so politely ity:

cheers

smileys sometimes help to understand BETTER

 

[Dido]

Nice planipetalum hope mine will flower too.

But I am more sure to wait another year.

 

[Ernie]

Ernie, to be honest.
the mix in general is not that important.

as you can see from pics in my other thread,
I use in plastic pots
and for delicate and rare specimen in the greenhouse
and smaller plants in sunken pots:

equal parts of turface/seramis,
Perlite, 3 mm coarse sand,
and sometimes I add few fine orchid/pine bark.
sometimes covered with small orchid bark or composted pine needles
to prevent too fast dryout,

but many are growing in the "natural" wooden layer over sandy ground
in my woodland garden, which is typical for the area where I live.

seedlings are growing in sunken claypots in pure diatomite (1-3-millimeters size)
in rain protected sheltered area in the shade ...........

IMPORTANT IS NO STAGNANT MOISTURE


and pls apologize that I "berated" you.
it was not my intention,
but I could not resist to do, because you asked so politely ity:

cheers

smileys sometimes help to understand BETTER

Thanks. I planted some acaule for my parents in Kentucky and they do okay with them. I was told upon purchase to mulch them heavily with pine needles in fall and again once the growths are emerged and tall enough in spring. They grow (exclusively?) in pine forests.

Is there any rhyme or reason to which species have specific soil pH needs (either acidic or basic)?