http://www.newsmth.org/bbscon.php?bid=227&id=82802&ap=247 flavum
http://www.newsmth.org/bbscon.php?bid=227&id=82802&ap=219686 flavum,beside spring.
http://www.newsmth.org/bbscon.php?bid=227&id=82802&ap=424855 flavum with Calanthe?
http://www.newsmth.org/bbscon.php?bid=227&id=82802&ap=621633 Calanthe?
http://www.newsmth.org/bbscon.php?bid=227&id=82802&ap=781476 Calanthe beside spring
http://www.newsmth.org/bbscon.php?bid=227&id=82802&ap=1027573 tibeticum beside spring

Dear Yijia Wang,
really great pictures from wonderful species.

Best greetings

Olaf

Thank you so much. In situ pictures are so evocative and culturally so interesting (water, sand, etc.).

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

I really love seeing images of plants in situ. Thanks!

Interesting to see how close to the water the Cyps are growing. Thanks for sharing.

Very interesting

Ah, your photos underline my need to get to China one of these years to see that glorious display for myself! I really like the mass flowering of flavum in the wild. I can't imagine it in person! Thanks for the pictures. :clap:

Tom

Welcome!

3 Cpri bloom in Apr~Jun in Beijing(Nature,ca.800~2000),
about 5 Cpri bloom in Jun~Jul in southwest of China(ca.4000~6000m)——the photos

Thank you for the photos. The flowers are beautiful. The countryside in China looks lovely!

Very nice photos! There is nothing like a photo of a wild Cypripedium to brighten a cold day!

What is the temperature at the place the Cyp flavum were photographed? Does it tend to be hot or cold? Do the plants receive much sun or mostly shade?

Thank you for sharing!

Ron Burch

Great photos!

thanks

to dustyatticstuff: yes,I like hiking in China countryside~~~I gone to Gao Li Gong moutain in May this year!

to funduloanchax: flavum temperature---25℃in the day and 8℃at the night(July). below -15℃ at winter night. you can see mostly Cypr grow under fir or rhododendron,half shade prefered.


BTW: There is Panda's home:-)

Thanks for sharing
It is nice pictures from several places. I Hope You will be able to take more picture when You go hiking in May.
Thanks from
Joakim in Sweden

Yijia Wang, may I ask what native species you have in Beijing? I would love to see the Cyps in SW China, even if I only see the more common species like flavum and tibeticum. Those temperatures you mention for flavum are quite cool-nothing like here in southern Japan!

Are you in southern Japan? I think it is too warm to grow Cypr:-(

I have about 6 (7?)native species in my alpine nursery(ca.800,It is like kunming in the summer)in Beijing.

You are definitely correct that growing Cyps in southern Japan is difficult, and maybe not possible for many species. I have been using a technique that Japanese growers use. Please see the following link for more information.

http://www.cypripedium.de/forum/messages/2056.html

I was interested in what species are native to your area. You said there are three. My guesses are C. calceolus, C. macranthos, C. shanxiense, and perhaps C. guttatum. Can you confirm which ones are in the Beijing area? Thanks.

Tom

C. calceolus, C. macranthos, C. guttatum，as the story goes henryi. thx for you link,It is very improtant for me to grow them.I got C.subtropicum this year,so I wanna try it by the way^_^

Take very good care of Your C. subtropicum. They are not common in cultivation. I would say very rare in cultivation.
Maybe the one You got it is not C. subtropicum, but if it is, be sure to post pictures of it here. :)
Not even the great breeder Werner Frosch has a picture of it in his webpage and he has most of them.
Here is the little information he has on it.

http://www.w-frosch.de/Arten/subtr.htm

Best of Luck
Joakim

Yijia Wang,

I have to agree with Joakim about the rarity of this species, but I guess China would be the best place to get a hold of one! :lol: Please let us know how it is doing for you. If you could ever get seeds from this plant they would sell for their weight in gold in Europe or the USA. Maybe more! By the sounds of it, I'd love to see your nursery sometime.

Tom

hehe, I can understant your doubt. subtropicum is extreme rare Cypr in the book, just in the book~~.I will take photoes for you if it can bloom this spring.yeah welcom. my house is very near Forbidden city,

Wow, this is exciting news! I don't know of anyone in the west who has a true subtropicum. Please do post pictures of it when it blooms!

Tom

Hi, Yija Wang,

Please post a photo of the plant even if it does not bloom! In the specimens that you have seen, does the plant itself resemble the form of Selenipedium, as has been suggested in drawings, that is a tall stem with many "cypripedium leaves" extending from it? I have never seen an actual photo.

With best regards,

Ron Burch

Yes, PLEASE post photos even if it doesn't bloom... How exciting!

thanks for all of the photos and info everyone...