Cypripedium calceolus in Tyrol - Austria

[ORG]

Today I tried to find Cypripedium calceolus in north-Tyrol near Kössen. It is not so far away from my home. The weather was very bad with pouring rin. So it was not so easy to make good pictures and to climb up to the places where the slippers grow. But I had good luck and found a lot of these wonderful orchids.

On this place I found really a lot of plants, I cannot show all the pictures which I have made. Another place nearby shows also many many plants in flower.

Nearby the slippers I found also many of Centaurea montana (I think thhe english name is mountain knapweed)

I was seeking also the albine form of Cypripedium calceolus, the golden slipper, but had no luck. Perhaps another one had more luck and can how it here.

Best greetings

Olaf

 

[nikv]

Lovely! :clap:

 

[SlipperFan]

I can't imagine how it would feel to see all those Cyps in one place!

 

[Eric Muehlbauer]

Amazing! Are those from the original native population, or are they restored? Thanks! Eric

 

[Bobc]

Very nice. great photos.

 

[NYEric]

Very nice, growing like kovachii and besseae!

 

[JeanLux]

thanks for those fine pics of all these beauties!!! Jean

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

You can't beat those contrasting colors - even the darkest parviflorum varieties just don't quite match up with this species. Thanks for taking the trouble of posting these.

 

[biothanasis]

TY very much for sharing!! These pic are great!!! I love those blooms too!

 

[smartie2000]

Absolutely stunning! This is one of my favs.

 

[ORG]

Dear Eric,
all these plants are the natural population, nothing restored.

Best greetings

Olaf

 

[SlipperKing]

That great Olaf that these plants are left alone to do their work.....beautify the hillside!

 

[RobertG]

I love seeing flowers in a natural setting like this. Great Find.

 

[Drorchid]

That is amazing to see so many in bloom! Thanks for sharing. Are they artificially propagating this species in Germany?

Robert

 

[ORG]

Dear Robert,
I think it was done.

Olaf

 

[ORG]

Today I visited the same place in Austria only 20 km from my home, looking for more Cypripedium.
I found again a lot of.

Here a picture of a waterfall in this valley. Nearby many Cypripedia grow.

We can see in many groups of the Cypripedium that the flowerperiod is going to the end

Best greetings

Olaf

 

[ORG]

Beside the clones in full flower I found also bulks with plants with now finished flower period.

One big clone finished in tha last days also the flower period
The picture one week ago

and now

Many flowers are now pollinated

Not so far away I found also a interesting Orobanche

and some Ophrys insectifera
see here more pictures
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=159890#post159890


Best greetings

Olaf