Cypripedium 2014

[monocotman]

Hi,

first up this year is, as you would expect, formosanum.
My old one died in the hard winter of 2010/11 and this new one has been with me for 18 months.
It came as a couple of nice lareg rhizomes from a kind forumist but just put up four stems last year.
This year is much more like it - about 13 stems and 10 flowers.

Regards,

David

[Transvaal]

Looks like the 2014 season is officially off!  Very nice formosanum David , mine has a long way to go yet!
Phil

[Maren]

That's lovely, David. well done. Mine in the pleione house is nearly over and the ones I have outside surprise me every year by not dying. I shall put them in a cold frame before they flower.

[monocotman]

Maren,

thanks.This pot has to dodge between the greenhouse and outside depending on the weather,
I don't think the flowers would like the frosts.
I've brought the rest of my pots out of the garage in the last week.
Segawai will be the next to flower.
This very mild winter has meant that the flowering times of the hybrids look like they will be much closer together than usual.
Many of the kentuckiense crosses have shoots that are almost as advanced as the fasciolatum crosses,

Regards,

David

[Maren]

David, what you say about C. kentuckiense is interesting. Mine are 5 inches out of the ground already, most unusual, as they normally flower in late May.

[monocotman]

Maren,

very interesting -  mine is not showing at all yet, although plenty of the hybrids are!
Kentuckiense comes from warmer climes than most of the species so may not need to 'vernalise' in the cold as much as others.
The mild winter has therefore made it shoot much earlier than usual,

Regards,

David

[monocotman]

Maren,

Just checked the garage and pulled out several pots that should not be shooting yet.
Pixi, Dietrich and a couple of reginae hybrids as well as kentuckiense
These are all generally some of the latest plants to flower.
This year is going to be quite different.
Normally the plants flower over about 6-8 weeks but this year it is going to be
compressed into half that!

David

[glynnffc]

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Very nice indeed.
Can you give us some idea of location, orientation, soil mix etc.
Thanks,
It is very nice to see formosanum out of doors, I thought being so early it would have to be under glass.
Thanks ,
Glynn

[Hakone]

Germany , USDA - Zone 7 b , Soil mix : akadama , kanuma , perlit and seramis

Regards

Hakone

[monocotman]

Hi,

This charming and diminutive species has become more freely available in recent years.
The plant is about 6 inches high and flowering for the first time.
No special treatment it grows in perlite along with everything else,

Regards,

David

cyp. segawai

[mark smyth]

I left mine out all winter because I wasn't happy with them this time last year. Lots of noses are up but not many fat ones. Can I give them a weak feed now?

[monocotman]

Mark,
please do.
I feed mine weekly at this time of year,
David

[Hakone]

cypripedium japonicum


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[Alex]

Cypripedium plectrochilon is out today, as is C. debile, although the latter is too difficult to photograph for me!

Alex

[Hakone]