That time of year again, and the pubescens are finally up. It's the same plant in this thread: http://www.slipperorchidforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=501&highlight=pubescens and this year it has three growths. Only one growth of the Habenaria lacera is up so far.

Cyp. pubescens
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/ors1.jpg

Habenaria lacera
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/ors2.jpg

Jon

Make it grow faster! I can't wait to see it bloom.

Finally! A post on this gallery. It looks excellent Jon. Please keep us up updated!

Tom

Here in Maine, everything is still in hibernation, no signs of spring and still cold at night.:rolleyes: I'm not looking forward to summer, I just don't like summer at all!

Very nice! Cyp parvi and Cyp Andrewsii are showing outside. My Cyp pubescens are not showing quite yet except for the potted one. Temps are 15C in the day time now. When my film is finished I'll post some pics. Cyp. formosanum is in bloom and a lot of the potted Cyps have broken dormancy.
I love this time of year.

Greg.

It's looking very nice, Jon! Good progress.

Here in CT most things are out of the ground except for the late species - kentuckiense and reginae. However, I did get some rescue reginae's from MN last weekend. They had been refrigerated since last summer. I planted them on Sunday and several are already putting up stems - I guess they had been in the fridge long enough!

The seedlings will begin to come out of the refrigerator this weekend. There are about 2000 of them so lots of work!

ron

Thats great, Jon!

Show us the final product!

thanks

Today all I can see are my pubescens. I potted up my formosanums and my (probably dead) macranthos. Other species and hybirds are still underground and hopefully alive. I'll be checking them twice a day at least.:D

Finally! A post on this gallery. It looks excellent Jon. Please keep us up updated!

Tom


I'm with Tom!

Yahhooo!!

Best of luck, all of you!
I am eagerly awaiting and looking forward to living vicariously through you all!!

great start Jon, I'm going to go out looking for cyps this year..just to see not harvest

Growing quick, and all three growths have buds inside.

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/pub1.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/pub2.jpg

And both Habenaria laceras are up
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/pub3.jpg

Jon

Looking good! They look like they will bloom a few days before mine.

Ron Burch

Flowers yet? Come on, don't hold back on us!

Yeah, where's the flowers, Jon? I'm amazed at how quickly these guys grow. Seems like just the other day I was looking at the green bullets just poking out of the ground and today there's one or two fat buds on all of them! You must have some color by now.....

I forgot to get photos of these today when I was finishing up my camera's CD. I'll get some tomorrow, can't believe I forgot them today.

Jon

Ok, sorry for delays...but here they are.

One flower is nearly completely open, and the other two should be open within the week. The plant growing with them is Iris cristata alba, which you can see close up at the bottom. I'll get photos this coming weekend when they are fully open and at their best.

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/cpub1.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/cpub4.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/cpub2.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/cpub3.jpg

Iris cristata alba
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/cpub5.jpg

Jon

Gorgeous combination!

Thanks, Jon!

I want a yard...what a beautiful garden you must have.

Looking good Jon! Isn't this a wonderful plant? How long have you had yours?

Thanks for the pics. Tom

Very nice flowers!

Ron Burch

Wonderful! Congrats!

One final update now that it has been completely open for a few days. I really need to clean up and mulch the garden beds...

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/barjon1/cypubs1.jpg

Jon

I really need to clean up and mulch the garden beds...

If you lived closer I could send my father in law over there to *help* :poke: They look beautiful!

If you lived closer I could send my father in law over there to *help* :poke: ....

Yes Teresa! Please do! I'm jealous of these cyp growing guys!!!

Beautiful flowers and garden Jon. Thanks for sharing!
Btw does anyone grow and have a picture of cyp himalaicum?

Such beautiful foliage, in addition to the flowers!