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Nic
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Every spring I go through this with my Arisaema, polygonatum and sundry other garden treasures, but it is always worst with the cyps, perhaps because I am still new (3 years now). Last spring I flowered a yellow slipper, I think parviflorum var. parviflorum, and then ordered 2 new ones - Aki pastel, which is in bloom now (yum) and Gisela, which is spiking, and hiding a bud which I can feel when I squeeze. I also have Parv. Pubescens which has thrown 2 spikes, and looks to have at least 1 bud hidden in the spike. No sign, however, of the Parv var parv. Is it sleeping or is it dead? I heard it is usually late to emerge. I have killed my share of orchids in my time. I am only interested in establishing these plants in the ground, as part of a spring planting of trillium, arisaema, and mayapple. Y'all can keep the pot culture.