My name is Clark Thomas Riley, a Baltimore author and grower of Cypripediums since 1957.
Growing Cyps since 1957
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Why weren't these at the NCOS show? Will they be at VOS/Lewis Ginter?
Digging up the plants is invariably fatal. Perhaps some day I will have them potted in the ground so that they can be shown.
KyushuCalanthe
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Great to see C. tibeticum being grown successfully in the heat and humidity of your area. If you don't mind, it would be interesting to know how you do it.
Lovely and impressive growing. Welcome to
ST from KY.
ST from KY.
I obtained the plant from Hengduan Mountain Biotech as their "Select" offering. She has a very active breeding program, which I believe automatically selects for vigorous clones. Some of the plants are likely multi-generation in cultivation. That said, this species grows in my arborvitae bed, created by surrounding a row of arborvitae with a raised bed, amended with generous quantities of Turface and Espoma Soil Perfector. The plants receive good light as the arborvitae are pruned as trees rather than shrubs, but no direct sun. If they emerge, this will be their 3rd year, and I'll give a report then. A closely related hybrid, Cypripedium Henric (macranthos x tibeticum), is in its 5th year and has gone from 1 stem to 3.
Welcome, Clark. Glad to see you here.
A few years ago I acquired a couple of cyp hybrids. I planted them in LECA in clay pots that were sitting in trays of dilute fertilizer solution, and they did quite well outdoors in southeast PA.
I unpotted them and stored them I the fridge crisper drawer for the winter. I grew them for two summers with blooms and expansion each year. Then my wife “cleaned” the fridge, ending my cyp culture.
A few years ago I acquired a couple of cyp hybrids. I planted them in LECA in clay pots that were sitting in trays of dilute fertilizer solution, and they did quite well outdoors in southeast PA.
I unpotted them and stored them I the fridge crisper drawer for the winter. I grew them for two summers with blooms and expansion each year. Then my wife “cleaned” the fridge, ending my cyp culture.
Welcome, Clark!
Are all of our cyp grown in this type of bed?
Are all of our cyp grown in this type of bed?
Arne
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Welcome to the forum Clark!
See you tonight at the meeting.
See you tonight at the meeting.
Most by species are in raised beds. By number, my 150+ Cypripedium pubescens are in open ground under tulip poplars with companion plants of bloodroot and twinleaf.
Sounds lovely. Thanks for the details.
Welcome Clark! Happy to have your life long institutional knowledge and experience here. There are skilled growers across many genera on this forum, looking forward to your posts.
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Fantastic. I look forward to your update this spring. By the looks of the temperatures the Atlantic coast has been having, spring isn't that far away!
I am impressed… the paphs. I grow have been considerably easier than the Cyps. I have tried.
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I grow a couple of them in Levis, just outside of Quebec City, and that with relative success. I did buy a tibeticum and a flavum from Mrs Perner when she was last in Montreal. The following Spring, only the tibeticum flowered, and the following Spring, neither returned.View attachment Cyp tibeticum.JPG
I do grow very well, a kentuckiense and a parviflorum var. pubescens. View attachment DSC_0972.JPG
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Welcome from NYC. Cyps are hard to grow in NYC. Thanks for sharing.
