Cypripedium-2015

[ichristie]

Hello superb pictures everyone I post pictures of what I have as Cypripedium tibeticum flowering this week in a raised bed ordinary garden soil with grit and a little leaf mould cheers Ian the Christie kind

[angie]

Hello superb pictures everyone I post pictures of what I have as Cypripedium tibeticum flowering this week in a raised bed ordinary garden soil with grit and a little leaf mould cheers Ian the Christie kind

What a lovely Cypripedium tibeticum and I was lucky to see it in the flesh today. Iain has so many Cypripediums planted in his garden so he has given me encouragement to try some in my garden. Today I was like a kid in a sweetie shop, what an amazing amount of plants so many that I would love to have.  I better get my plant piggy bank full before my next visit.
Oh forgot to mention the lovely Banana and apricot cake that we had there, I had two slices. Lovely day out   

Angie 

[Corrado & Rina]

There are tibeticums without the white rim around. Not sure about the windows.
All the photos of calcicola I have seen are of very dark flowers.
In the macranthos/tibeticum complex there are lots of muddy waters as regards classification,
So in the end you may be right,
David

It seems that the really defining feature is the translucent windows at the back. If I can get a picture of it without damaging the plant I will show it.

PS: I go by identification keys on the CHEN Lijun, CHEN Singchi, LI Liqiang, LIU Zhongjian,  The Genus Cypripedium in China. 2013. Publishing Science Press Beijing, China.

[Corrado & Rina]

Hello superb pictures everyone I post pictures of what I have as Cypripedium tibeticum flowering this week in a raised bed ordinary garden soil with grit and a little leaf mould cheers Ian the Christie kind

Wow! What beautiful plant and colour Ian, thanks!

Regards

[monocotman]

 Ian,

super plant but I would have my doubts as to whether it is a pure tibeticum.
It looks very much like the hybrid Pixi.
I have not yet seen any form of the species flower with that red-brown colour.
The fact that it can grow out in the garden is also a clue.
True tibeticums like a very dry winter and I doubt that they get that in Scotland!

David

[Corrado & Rina]

Here are the pictures of the translucent windows at the back.





Best,

[Anthony Darby]

I once read that north east of Scotland is the second driest part of the UK, with Kelvedon in Essex being the driest. I am really loving these photos of beautifully grown plants. I wish I had been brave enough to try John's so eloquently put suggestions about growing these spotted Cyps. In one of my next lives I will try this. The growing of these plants has moved so far since I departed Escocia.

[ichristie]

Hello all thanks for all the suggestions for my Cypripedium which has been in the garden for at least 10 years and have split it a few times the raised bed where it grows in vey well drained gets frozen in winter so what ever it is I love it, cheers Ian the Christie kind

[monocotman]

Coming the the end of the hybrid season with the kentuckiense hybrids.
The first two are both Lucy Pinkepank, with tibeticum. The plants and flowers are both huge.
Next is a pale form of  tibeticum and finally a small flowered form of x ventricosum,
David

[Hakone]

[SteveC2]

Cypripediums featured on a few stands at the Chelsea Flower Show last week which is no surprise as they make a great display. 

[olegKon]

it's the beginning of the flowering season for Cypripedium here
1. Cypripedium ventricosum
2. Cypripedium Emil

[mark smyth]

I think this might be like on another post - Can you name this snowdrop

Does anyone know which commercial Cyp this is? Could it be 'Pueblo'? Is it known by anything else as in species?

[SteveC2]

Could well be Pueblo, in which case the general consensus is that it is Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens.

[goofy]

OK friends,
I agree.

fairly sure it is Cyp. pubesccens.
"Pueblo" is a commercial name from the dutch "producer"

you can see another (selected) cultivar im MY  topic "goofys Cyps 2015"

cheers