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mailman
July 6th, 2009, 01:26 PM
Hi, all. I'm new to this forum. I'm a home gardener that wants to can grow different kinds of cyp's. So I need to get some info on transplanting our native acaule's. My woods here in Va was full of them, but over the last 10 years the deer and drought have reduced them to less than a dozen. Also a wind shear-tornado type blast about 10 years ago blew over most of the pines and the hardwoods now have closed the whole canopy so no light gets in at all. So any pinks that come up along the deer path either get trampled or eaten, so I try to remove them if I get there first--less and less every year. So far my transplants are doing fine, but have not bloomed like the others. I feed them all with a crushed up mixture of rotten pine wood,bark,needles with a small amount of (tspn) green sand, garden sulpur and super phosphates and of course aged compost. They also get a few hours of sun in the morning which they seem to like. Any suggestions on why they aren't blooming after two years in the same spot?? They have very healthy color and leaves.
Is there any trading of cyp's?? I would like to try others but don't have any special cyp's to trade, do have lots of different arisaemas, like A. sikokianums to trade if anyone is interested.:fcrossed:
Guess I've rambled on enough for my first post don't want to over do it.

Thanks, lmk.

Mailman

Paul B
July 6th, 2009, 01:58 PM
hello and welcome!! I think transplanted plants need time to get used to their new homes before they can bloom.

Paphi
July 6th, 2009, 02:01 PM
:hi::welcomesof:

newbie
July 6th, 2009, 02:58 PM
Welcome to the forum from another newbie!

orchidlover
July 6th, 2009, 04:58 PM
Welcome to the slipper orchid forum! Glad you could join us! Your transplanted plants sound nice and healthy and growing quite nicely. They are probably not ready to flower yet and I wouldn't be surprised if they flower next year!

skipper
July 6th, 2009, 06:25 PM
Welcome to the forum!

Paphy57
July 6th, 2009, 08:58 PM
Welcome to the site! :welcome:
It sounds like you are doing the right thing by trying to protect the cyps. They can take awhile to establish themselves, but once they do, they will be blooming every year. Patience is a big key with growing slipper orchids.

Tom S
July 6th, 2009, 09:37 PM
Welcome to a great forum!

Enjoy!

casey
July 6th, 2009, 11:36 PM
If your plants are healthy and growing I wouldn't worry you just need some patience as others have said. Once they are fully established then they should be ready to send up flower buds.

casey
July 6th, 2009, 11:37 PM
And welcome!

Slipperguy
July 7th, 2009, 12:52 AM
Hey...welcome to the forum!:welcome: