Cypripedium parviflorum

[Don I]

I bought a bare root with 2 eyes from John M. at the RBG show in Hamilton Ontario at the end of Feb.They have been in flower for a week or more.
Don

 

[Linus_Cello]

Nice. You keeping it in a pot or will you be planting it in the ground?

 

[Don I]

Nice. You keeping it in a pot or will you be planting it in the ground?

I will probably keep this one in a pot. I have some in the ground from years ago.

 

[Duck Slipper]

Thanks for sharing...
I'm waiting for a parviflorum pubescent to come out of the ground now.

 

[John M]

Wow! They shoot up fast, don't they? Very nice! I've had these do very well for me in pots.....doubling, or even tripling each year. Once done blooming, feed it just like you do your other orchids until about eary summer. Then, stop while it hardens and goes dormant, which it will do sooner than the ones you have planted outside.

 

[Don I]

Wow! They shoot up fast, don't they? Very nice! I've had these do very well for me in pots.....doubling, or even tripling each year. Once done blooming, feed it just like you do your other orchids until about eary summer. Then, stop while it hardens and goes dormant, which it will do sooner than the ones you have planted outside.

Thanks John.

 

[TrueNorth]

Very nice. What medium did you pot it in?

 

[Don I]

Very nice. What medium did you pot it in?

I had some advice from John when I bought it. I used 1 Pro Mix, 1/4 aquarium gravel (that I had around), 1/4 typical fine bark mix and 2 tbs. of a crushed oyster shell and dolomitic lime mixture.

 

[TrueNorth]

Thanks, good to know.

 

[abax]

Beautiful plants, aren't they? Quite flashy for Cyps.

 

[NYEric]

Nice, thanks for the info.

 

[Don I]

Beautiful plants, aren't they? Quite flashy for Cyps.

They are quite tiny, but the colour is very much the same as the ones I see where I walk the dog.
Don