Cypripedium calceolus

[Dido]

The first one flwoers now.
Such a dam cat was on the bud and break one steam, so I can show you the flowers



This are the flwoers who are broken



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[Linus_Cello]

Sorry about the cat. Neighbors have cats that like to wander through my garden beds. I use tomato cages to protect my cyps.

 

[NYEric]

Whose cat was it!?

 

[Dido]

Whose cat was it!?

No idea only a few grey hairs

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Kitties will play...

Lovely color on this species.

 

[dodidoki]

I never love cats.....flowers are just wonderful!

 

[SlipperFan]

Great color!

 

[monocotman]

Dido,

sorry for your loss.
We have builders in the garden at the moment, building a new patio.
One of them has a lovely year old Labrador which is allowed to play in the garden.
Unfortunately it decided to pick up a pot of a mature x andrewsii and play with it.
By the time I found out, the plant was dried and dead.
The builder was very apologetic.
Pets!

Regards,

David

 

[cnycharles]

not the pets fault, but the owner who couldn't keep track of it. very common in the u.s., entitled owners who have overly-entitled their animals. don't get me wrong, I like pets, just they need to be taken care of

and very nice flowers!

 

[Dido]

Thanks for your wishes I got a new flower on it will post the next days.

 

[Dido]

here the last flower of this beauty


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[dodidoki]

Perfect calce!!! I always loved this specie!

 

[parvi_17]

I love this species. Beautiful!

 

[SlipperFan]

Nice, strong color!

 

[NYEric]

Looking good. Just think of how many new growths it will have next year becauase it save energy from the 2 broken flowers.

 

[Stone]

Very nice. I would love to see some of these down here. But not cold enough I think

 

[NYEric]

if not calceolus, Cyp. acaule can take heat.

 

[Dido]

Formosanum would be much better remind me in fall

What are your Formosanum doing Eric....

 

[Linus_Cello]

if not calceolus, Cyp. acaule can take heat.

Cyp. kentuckiense can take the heat also, and isn't as picky as acaule for needing exceedingly acidic soils (pine needles, etc).

 

[biothanasis]

wonderful!