Cypripedium 2013

[K Andrzejewski]

I have rotated those pictures for Oleg...... 

thanx, so the question is:
Oleg, what's the flower size of your "Pueblo"??

[olegKon]

Thank you John for the identification. I found the lable of the second one. It simply says "white", so your idea must be right.
Maggi, you are a computer genius! I do rotate the pictures in my computer but being posted the vertical ones appear to be on their backs. No idea what to do with it. So thank you so much.
Kristof, Pueblo has very small flowers at least twice as small as Emil and the lip is the brightest yellow I have

[John Aipassa]

The first flowers of this clump of X alaskanum are starting to flower.

[K Andrzejewski]

Pueblo has very small flowers at least twice as small as Emil and the lip is the brightest yellow I have

- so I tought, this is Cypripedium"Parville" - or Cypripedium parviflorum.

[ian mcenery]

Sarmentia interesting area for growing and some good clumps

Oleg you are ahead of me Emil is only in bud here

A couple from me C fasciolatum and C Axel both tend to have large flowers

[K Andrzejewski]

...A couple from me ...

- I'm more than happy to see Cypripedium growing in the UK garden, honestly I thought, that all here are fans of artificial-cultivation only ...
- great!
Regards -
Kristof

[John Aipassa]

Wim,

The Pleione you grow in your grotto, is it formosana?

[John Aipassa]

A couple more of my Cyps.

C. 'Rascal'
C. 'Erika'
C. 'Sebastian' already shown, but now with a better look of the surrounding plants.

[olegKon]

- so I tought, this is Cypripedium"Parville" - or Cypripedium parviflorum.

It may be Parville, Kristof. I bought both from the same source. The second does not show flowers. Now that I looked at their Internet site I would say you must be right. Still another couple of labels mixed. Thank you.

[Sarmienta]

Wim,

The Pleione you grow in your grotto, is it formosana?

Hello john
indeed  the pleiones left of C macranthos are P formosana and a clump on the right are P limprichtii.
Ofcourse i like the flowers ,but even the leaves they produce are very nice  :
In flower now   C calceolus  and C pueblo

[Anthony Darby]

- I'm more than happy to see Cypripedium growing in the UK garden, honestly I thought, that all here are fans of artificial-cultivation only ...
- great!
Regards -
Kristof

I grew huge clumps in my garden. When I parted with it, my clump of Cypripedium 'Emil' had over 60 noses. 'Philipp' and X ventricosum Album were another ones that really bulked up very fast.

[monocotman]

- I'm more than happy to see Cypripedium growing in the UK garden, honestly I thought, that all here are fans of artificial-cultivation only ...
- great!
Regards -
Kristof

And proud of it Kristof!
We're all just trying to provide the best possible habitat for the plants we grow, so please do not look down on 'artificial' culture methods.
At the end of the day, surely the final arbiter is the quality of the plants produced?

Regards,

David

[Maggi Young]

Quote from: K Andrzejewski on May 28, 2013, 09:36:03 AM

    - I'm more than happy to see Cypripedium growing in the UK garden, honestly I thought, that all here are fans of artificial-cultivation only ...
    - great!
 

There is an argument that says that unless you are growing native plants in your garden in  their own climate  then EVERYONE of us is growing plants in "artificial cultivation" 

After all, if a rhododendron grows in nature high on a Chinese Mountai, but I want to grow it here in  Aberdeen, ANYTHING I do with it is artificial!

[John Aipassa]

..<snip>...
At the end of the day, surely the final arbiter is the quality of the plants produced?

Regards,

David

No David, at the end the final arbiter is the amount of joy one has with the chosen culture method  .

Cheers,

[K Andrzejewski]

I'm going to sleep, so only quickly&short answer: I don't buy tomatos in Tesco, even when they look amazing
Cypripdium calceolus (E.Götz, Germany) - third year outside, terracotta pot filled with clay with added crushed chalk, no fertiliser or hormones (never !); picture from yesterday morning.
Regards -
Kristof