Cypripedium 2014

[monocotman]

Both about at their peak for this year.
I'm not sure how much bigger the individual plants will get before starting to go backwards.
Michael Wienert's dictum to split them when they are around 10-15 stems has been left behind a long time ago.
'Pixi' is now up to 55 growths and shows no sign of stopping.
Michael doesn't quite have the flower power of some other hybrids but
the individual flowers are very pretty with all the fine veining,
Regards,
David

[lily-anne]

Hakone, great cypripedium!
Your soil mix is akadama , kanuma , perlit and seramis.
Are the plants in that medium in pot and buried in the garden with pot and all? or are they in open ground in that medium?
Which fertilizer you give and how often?

[Anne Repnow]

Couldn't find a general Cyp thread for this year - or did I miss it?

Here is Cypripedium macranthos, doing particularly well this year.

[Anne Repnow]

And a hybrid: Cypripedium 'Pueblo' that might be Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens. Your guess...

[Maggi Young]

I'm merging the various cyp. threads for 2014 to make it easier for people to find.

[Mavers]

My cyp's are starting to show colour so will take photos tonight.

What's your feeding regime David?

Also is it possible for 'blind' plants to regenerate then?

I have a cyp  hotei-atsumorianum that was bought with 4 buds but has receded to just one weak growth.

Unfortunately I'm going on me hols 8th May so I think I will miss some of my cyp's flowering. So its a........ with a bit of a 

Mike

[Hakone]

[Hakone]

Hakone, great cypripedium!
Your soil mix is akadama , kanuma , perlit and seramis.
Are the plants in that medium in pot and buried in the garden with pot and all? or are they in open ground in that medium?
Which fertilizer you give and how often?

Hi lily-anne,

they are  in open ground in that medium. I fertilizer 1x season, from June until September.

Best Regards

Hakone

[monocotman]

Mike,

I feed every weekend at this time of year when they are just starting to grow.
Full strength miracle gro or phostrogen for the hybrids and half strength for the species.
Later on I'll cut back to every two weeks and in July I'll start them on tomorite.

Regards,

David

[Hakone]

cypripedium parviflorum x segawai



cypripedium fasciolatum x candidum

[monocotman]

Hi,
a few different Sabines (macranthos x fasciolatum).
First up shows two mature plants a 'semi alba' and a normal form, both originally from Frosch.
The semi alba is pretty dwarf and much like fasciolatum in height.
The normal form is about average height, although it was quite dwarf when young.
Next up is a dwarfish normal form bought originally as 'Renate pastel'.
All these plants have a similar style of flower with an elongated lip.
Last is the new seedling Sabine alba. Quite different in height and flower shape.
Much more like macranthos than fasciolatum.
News from the breeder describes the macranthos alba parent as coming originally from the
area around Vladivostock where these alba types are tall (40-50 cm) with large flowers, much bigger than other alba types.
There may be some hybrid vigour and x ventricosum genes floating around in this population.
This population of seedlings are all tall and segregating 1:1 for true albas and semi albas.
So this plant may be typical of this group of seedlings.
Finally we have a nice seedling of macranthos 'red' flowering for the first time.
As usual with these descriptions 'red' should read 'more purple red' than the usual form,

Regards,

David

[Maren]

Maggi,

the merge is a good idea. I kept getting lost...

[Mavers]

HI David, thanks for the info.

I use 'Growth Technology' orchid feed as I was onec told that orchids do not like the ureic forms of nitrogen, obviously from your photos they DO!!

Some of my cyp's taken yesterday evening.

[monocotman]

Mike,
nice plants!
Just to answer another question - you can recover cyps that have gone backwards, but it may take a year or two.
You just need a bit of luck and patience.
Just checking - you're not growing the plants in the greenhouse are you?
they're just in there for a decent photo?
David

[SteveC2]

 Mike, fasciolatum x segawi has been registered as Cypripedium Barry Phillips.  A bit less of a mouthful