parvi_17
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The Cyp season has just started in my garden, at least 2 weeks behind other parts of the globe (as usual).
First up is Cyp Sebastian (parviflorum x montanum). This has not grown at all since last year. It was planted in the fall of 2008. It still looks very cute though! Reminds me more of x andrewsii than montanum. I must apologize for the quality of my photos; it's hard to get at the plants. I also have lots of weeds as I haven't had the time to work in my garden...
Cyp Emil (parviflorum x calceolus), looking better than in previous years; both blooms have a nice round pouch with red speckles, and deep chocolate sepals and petals. They are also the biggest they've ever been. Hopefully the dorsals will flatten a bit more though; I'll take more photos if they do. This was planted in the fall of 2007, and that year was a single shoot with one flower. In 2008, it had 5 shoots and three flowers (one shoot had two), and last year it went down to three shoots with just one flower. This year, it has three shoots with two flowers.
There will be more to come; my Aki Pastel is almost open and looks to be very promising, and there will be lots of parviflorums, and hopefully montanum and reginae as well. My montanum, which was glorious last year, has taken a huge beating. Those things are really touchy! It doesn't look like either of my Ullas will flower this year , or my passerinum. The Ullas seem to react the same way as reginae to being moved. Every time I move a reginae it doesn't bloom for 1-2 years. As one of my Ullas is new and the other was moved in fall of 2008, that may be the issue. Anyway, stay tuned!
First up is Cyp Sebastian (parviflorum x montanum). This has not grown at all since last year. It was planted in the fall of 2008. It still looks very cute though! Reminds me more of x andrewsii than montanum. I must apologize for the quality of my photos; it's hard to get at the plants. I also have lots of weeds as I haven't had the time to work in my garden...
Cyp Emil (parviflorum x calceolus), looking better than in previous years; both blooms have a nice round pouch with red speckles, and deep chocolate sepals and petals. They are also the biggest they've ever been. Hopefully the dorsals will flatten a bit more though; I'll take more photos if they do. This was planted in the fall of 2007, and that year was a single shoot with one flower. In 2008, it had 5 shoots and three flowers (one shoot had two), and last year it went down to three shoots with just one flower. This year, it has three shoots with two flowers.
There will be more to come; my Aki Pastel is almost open and looks to be very promising, and there will be lots of parviflorums, and hopefully montanum and reginae as well. My montanum, which was glorious last year, has taken a huge beating. Those things are really touchy! It doesn't look like either of my Ullas will flower this year , or my passerinum. The Ullas seem to react the same way as reginae to being moved. Every time I move a reginae it doesn't bloom for 1-2 years. As one of my Ullas is new and the other was moved in fall of 2008, that may be the issue. Anyway, stay tuned!