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Anthony Darby

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Re: Cypripedium 2007
« Reply #15 on: April 22, 2007, 10:50:51 PM »
I just use the blue stuff, like 'Miraclegrow'.

Sabine got a first for section 59 at Perth, but I suspect a couple of yellow blemishes (half pinky nail size areas where there is no chlorophyll) on the lowest leaves caused, no doubt, by conditions beyond my control did for it?
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Re: Cypripedium 2007
« Reply #16 on: April 22, 2007, 11:03:07 PM »
Anthony ,

Now two pics NOT from my garden - special for you .
Both are from different wild populations -one in Germany and the other in France

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Re: Cypripedium 2007
« Reply #17 on: April 22, 2007, 11:07:12 PM »
Be thankful Sabine didn't win a First in Glasgow, Anthony... there is a trophy for the best orchid in at the Glasgow show which, besides being pretty awful to look at has a marble base which weighs about half a hundredweight. Many apologies to the no doubt fabulous person for whom this trophy was commissioned... I merely give my personal opinion on its appearance!
I hope there will be loads of orchids of all sorts at the Glasgow show, delighting the eye and vying for glory! The Glasgow show, by the way, is on Saturday 5th MAY at the Milngavie Town Hall.
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Anthony Darby

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Re: Cypripedium 2007
« Reply #18 on: April 23, 2007, 10:06:25 AM »
Fantastic to see calceolus in the wild Hans. I have never seen any cyps in nature.

I will be going Millungavvy Maggi and hope to have another cyp ready? I suspect secret Cyril will have a better one though? :-\ This time I don't intend to have a broken collar bone!!! ::)
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Re: Cypripedium 2007
« Reply #19 on: April 23, 2007, 10:09:21 AM »
Good luck, Anthony! I sincerely hope you do NOT have another broken bone, nor any of the other potential exhibitors, either... makes it so difficult to carry the show plants!
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Re: Cypripedium 2007
« Reply #20 on: April 23, 2007, 10:49:28 AM »
Hans (Johannes) nice Cyps and pics  8)
How tall are Your faciolatum? and how big are the flowers? It is sometimes said that the flowers are big but the stem short and it would be nice to know if there is a combination of big flowers on tall or medium stems +35 cm.

Hans J Nice pics and nice to see cyp in the wild.

Nice to hear Your mix Adarby. I would think that You might need big holes if Your garden is clay even with this mix.
Nice big Sabine You got. Are You planning of putting it in the ground or are You going for shows next year?

Hope there will come more!
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Re: Cypripedium 2007
« Reply #21 on: April 23, 2007, 11:19:43 AM »
No plans to put 'Sabine' in the garden, Joakim. If it ain't broke, don't fix it is a good maxim. 8) I might repot it this autumn, though? It had two flowers last year and has seven this year. I bought is as a 'pot luck' £3 seedling from Paul Christian (who also sells Cymbidium goeringii Maggi) in 2001.
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Re: Cypripedium 2007
« Reply #22 on: April 23, 2007, 12:09:59 PM »
Joakim ,

It is a missunderstanding -I grow not any Cypripedium in my garden -I saw this plants before some years in nature .
Sorry but I dont remember about the high of this plants .
Why you write  C .faciolatum ? is calceolus wrong ? ( I'm not familar with this plants )

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Re: Cypripedium 2007
« Reply #23 on: April 23, 2007, 12:19:59 PM »
Hans J
Sorry I mixed the two Hans that posted. Hans J with the calceolus (correctly) in the wild and Johannes (Hans) with the orchids in the garden.
I will now Change the post above so that it will be less confusion. sorry  :-[
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Re: Cypripedium 2007
« Reply #24 on: April 23, 2007, 12:24:28 PM »
No problem Joakim ....I know we have 3 "Hans" - if you look I'm from Germany
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Re: Cypripedium 2007
« Reply #25 on: April 23, 2007, 05:24:32 PM »
Joakim, that Cyp f. flower is very big - 12 cm!! The whole plant looks like Cyp calceolus and is a littler larger than macranthum - so 30-35 cm.  But I saw calceolus which are taller than 80 cm.
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Re: Cypripedium 2007
« Reply #26 on: April 23, 2007, 05:45:17 PM »
Thanks Hans (Johannes)
Then Yu have a great plant. I saw on a different webpage a Gabriella that is a mix with kentuckiense and that had an even bigger flower with twisted petals  :o 8)
It is in the slipper orchid forum but one need to register to see the gallery (it is free)

I put the link so that people interested can look at it.
http://www.slipperorchidforum.com/forum/index.php
and for members You can go direct to http://www.slipperorchidforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9093

There is also a lot of information about growing and even of flasking Cypripedium there.
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Re: Cypripedium 2007
« Reply #27 on: April 23, 2007, 06:04:41 PM »
Thanks Maggi i am Dan who is 26.
Great pics of all the cypripediums especially calceolus, i have not seen one in the wild (as there is only 1 in the uk as far as i am aware)

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Re: Cypripedium 2007
« Reply #28 on: April 23, 2007, 06:09:06 PM »
 ??? Cypripedium pubescens or should it be Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens.

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Re: Cypripedium 2007
« Reply #29 on: April 23, 2007, 06:53:06 PM »
The last of my flowering size Cypripediums
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