parvi_17
Well-Known Member
After a tough winter with several freeze-thaw cycles (at one point I think it went from -20 to plus 10 to -40 degrees Celsius in the course of a week or two) and a late spring, the Cyps are now starting to bloom. For me they are about 7-10 days later than usual I would say. A lot of the plants came back considerably smaller than last year. In particular every single plant with fasciolatum parentage, including the pure fasciolatums, came back with ZERO flowering shoots, and if you look back at last year's photos you will see that many of those plants had 5 or 6 flowers last year and were looking really nice. I didn't mulch most of my plants last year and I can tell you I won't make that mistake again. I am unsure if the winter was the real culprit but I do suspect it. C. kentuckiense and its hybrids are disappointing this year as well.
Some plants did come through just fine. Ventricosum Pastel is looking good and increased in size over last year:
381 by DiabolicaHerba, on Flickr
382 by DiabolicaHerba, on Flickr
384 by DiabolicaHerba, on Flickr
Gisela also looks good and again increased in size over last year:
386 by DiabolicaHerba, on Flickr
389 by DiabolicaHerba, on Flickr
Sebastian went down from 12 to 9 flowers this year, which is disappointing, but the plant still looks healthy and the flowers are as impressive as ever.
393 by DiabolicaHerba, on Flickr
More to come as things continue to open. I do have some photos of potted plants that bloomed earlier as well, which I will post once I get them organized. It's the dawn of a new age of Cyp growing, as not only are species like C. cordigerum now widely available from nursery grown stock, but hybrids and easy growing species are being sold at garden centres everywhere in western Canada, and I'm sure in many other places in Canada as well. The plants from Frosch, Anthura, and Hardy Orchid are now becoming available at relatively decent prices (they are gouging in Calgary though), and that can only mean good things for the future.
Some plants did come through just fine. Ventricosum Pastel is looking good and increased in size over last year:
381 by DiabolicaHerba, on Flickr
382 by DiabolicaHerba, on Flickr
384 by DiabolicaHerba, on Flickr
Gisela also looks good and again increased in size over last year:
386 by DiabolicaHerba, on Flickr
389 by DiabolicaHerba, on Flickr
Sebastian went down from 12 to 9 flowers this year, which is disappointing, but the plant still looks healthy and the flowers are as impressive as ever.
393 by DiabolicaHerba, on Flickr
More to come as things continue to open. I do have some photos of potted plants that bloomed earlier as well, which I will post once I get them organized. It's the dawn of a new age of Cyp growing, as not only are species like C. cordigerum now widely available from nursery grown stock, but hybrids and easy growing species are being sold at garden centres everywhere in western Canada, and I'm sure in many other places in Canada as well. The plants from Frosch, Anthura, and Hardy Orchid are now becoming available at relatively decent prices (they are gouging in Calgary though), and that can only mean good things for the future.