Hi there,

Firstly let me introduce myself. I'm Kevin. I live in London, UK and I was directed here by King when I posted an image (below) on another forum.

Here is the only Cyp I have at the moment. I'm looking to get some more, but I'm just playing wth this one to see how I go for a couple of years. Hopefully I'll have a nice big clump very soon.

http://forum.theorchidsource.com/attachments/coy_henryi_00[1].jpg

http://forum.theorchidsource.com/attachments/coy_henryi_003.jpg

Regards, Kevin

What a cool looking Cyp, Kev! I haven't seen that one before. I am just getting more interested in them since the start of this forum.

Welcome, btw, glad to have you here!

Welcome to the slipper forum and thanks for sharing pics of such a beautiful Cyp!

Hi Keven, very nice. I have never seen a all green Cyp. . How big is the flower? Thanks for posting the picture.

Hi there,

Glad that you like it! I'll have to take another photo of it now since the petals are now reflex and the lip has opened up a biit more.....

The flower is about 3.5cm across from (petal tip to petal tip). To be honest I thought that it might be a bit bigger, but hey.... size isn't important....... right????? :poke:

Regards, Kevin

welcome, plant looks nice. How tall is it? If the flower is 3.5cm, my guess is it is between 10 to 11cm.

a very nice plant and one of the few "fragrant" Cypripedium flowers. Does it have the intense henryi odor yet?

Ron Burch

oooohhh, it is fragrant? there are fragrant ones?

what is the scent?

To be honest I've not checked! I didn't think that it would be somehow...... Do you know if it's fragrant during any specific time period?

I'll go home and have a sniff tonight!

Regards, Kevin

Cyp henryi's scent is usually described as "honey" or "spicy honey" - I guess I would call it spicy honey as it is "sharper" than honey and quite pronounced in flowers during their first few days. After that the scent is not as strong and not pleasant. I have not been able to describe it but a colleague who also has them describes the scent of older flowers as "wet dead dog."

Ron Burch

Ron,

I did smell it this morning just before I headed to work............and although the flower has been open for about a week now it smells faintly. I don't know how to describe it. I don't have a wet dead dog to hand so I can't say it's exactly like that, but it is a sharp acidic smell from what I can make out. :(

Not exactly the nicest smell there is, but I'm still enjoying the flower.

Regards, KEvin