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Of course not blooming yet, but they seem to have survived having their protective blanket stolen by homeless people last winter. ac59841a7b24b0c8349047277e16c3a1.jpg4888edca3014de31e6ce699d2d148fe8.jpg

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Looks good, Eric. I admire you for all the troubles you have gone through for Cyps..........

I have cyp. acaule(common name--pink lady slipper) blooming in our yard(woods) now. Yesterday when I cleaned up the yard after the storm, I spotted a Cyp. acaule alba. I have seen lighter colored ones but I have never seen the alba form of this species in our woods. I wonder how rare it is. Got to take a photo of it tomorrow before I go on my trip.
 
Nice! What's your potting mix? Looks like a lot of LECA in there.
 
Big ones are pubecense, little ones are parviflorum - Tom Nelson was selling rescues on Orchidmall. My order got spaced but finally last winter...
Mix is potting soil under the leca.
Actually i realized there is some inorganic Cyp mix under the leca also.
 
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Bad news. The parviflorum blasted due to the 95F heat one day, and something attacked the pubescens. Anyway, :(, here are the 2 pots along with a pot of Bletilla striatas. I am going to add some Epipactis helliborine I found on the lawn at work later.aa752f2ba637d00a2ef7f1fcfb8dbdf2.jpg378040f79bbf95d67284bf69d4023253.jpga0460acda4ca4bdbebe92b51d9a539d7.jpg

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