hi there,

in the bimonthly journal DIE ORCHIDEE from June 2006
I found interresting article about Cypripedium with some pics of new registered and unregistered hybrids.

below is the pic of C. calceolus (european) X reginae.

The hybrid was made by G. Raschun from Austria and first flowered for Guenter Bergel, Germany, who also took this pic.
So the plant was named after him.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l302/cyprimaniac/1_calceolusXreginae_bergel.jpg

This pic is from 2005, and my friend just told me that it flowered in 2006 totally white. He first thought, that it was a different plant.

Unfortunately the quality of the pic is not so good, its a copy from the magazine.

nevertheless, enjoy.

Dieter

Beautiful! I like it. Thanks for posting!

WOW it's gorgeous. It flowered totally white the next year? How odd! Is that common?

Hey Dieter,

I guess we can't call that cross reginae dominated! It reminds me of C. Genesis, but darker. I wonder if that is typical of this cross or if this is an exceptional plant.

Thanks for the look.

Tom

hi there,

we have to wait until next year to see what will happen,
flowers like the pic or white again.
Hopefully some more seedlings will flower then.

:woohoo:

This seems to be a weak hybrid, because from the many seedlings only one flowered last year and this year.

So we do not know, whether this is the "typical" color.

So, guys ( and girls ) be patient. :mad:

best wishes
Dieter

so pretty.

Thanks for posting the photo. The color change from one year to the next is very interesting. I dont know if that is a result of being a hybrid with competing influences on the pigment synthesis pathways. I have several Gisela that change base color dramatically from one year to the next. Some years they have a white base color with the typical reddish-purple highlights and other years they are an intense yellow base color with the typical reddish-purple highlights. In these years the highlights seem to actually shimmer due to the yellow contribution. I wish I knew how to fix that quality so it is always present! Most of the Gisela's look the same from year to year - still very beautiful.

Ron Burch

Thanks for posting the photo. The color change from one year to the next is very interesting. I dont know if that is a result of being a hybrid with competing influences on the pigment synthesis pathways. I have several Gisela that change base color dramatically from one year to the next. Some years they have a white base color with the typical reddish-purple highlights and other years they are an intense yellow base color with the typical reddish-purple highlights. In these years the highlights seem to actually shimmer due to the yellow contribution. I wish I knew how to fix that quality so it is always present! Most of the Gisela's look the same from year to year - still very beautiful.

Ron Burch


Could it have to do with temperature fluctuations? I know besseae is redder when grown in cooler temps.:confused:

Fantastic cyp flower...thnx

You have to love the color!

thanks

Wow, pretty spectacular shape and colouration!

Could it have to do with temperature fluctuations? I know besseae is redder when grown in cooler temps.:confused:

That is possible Teresa, but such a radical transformation seems to point to something more. C. reginae flowers are definitely affected by temperature and light as well, where less light and cooler temperatures make for richer color. Micronutrients can also affect flower color in some plants. It will be interesting to see what it does next year!

Tom

Could it have to do with temperature fluctuations? I know besseae is redder when grown in cooler temps.:confused:

That is certainly a possibility. As Tom notes, some reginae have well-defined variation in color intensity with temperature although others do not. I have sibling reginae that resulted from selection for intense pink coloration and they have it every year no matter what the conditions whereas others around them vary much from one year to the next - but it is only intensity rather than a change in color. The Gisela I have that sometimes have the yellow base color and other times the typical white are potted and refrigerated so there is no obvious temperature cue but of course there may be one in the late summer and fall when the buds are first expanding.

Ron

nice photo