Popped up on my google alert this morning.
http://www.lafayettejc.com/columns/200505296local_sports1117344508.shtml

Thanks for sharing! :D

That's what its all about.

Very Cool! Wish I could take a few weeks off....doh I have 9 weeks off coming up soon! :evil: I will still be working probably Summer School :mad:

It is a "holy" experience to see them the first time. They certainly hooked me, and in spite of colorful hybrids and so forth, looking at the wild ones is the best experience. In areas where I visit every year, even if the plants are spread over many acres, I can remember where every one is hiding behind every bush! Even yesterday, after seeing hundreds, as I went through my mental checklist, I realized there were several favorites I had missed, and was able to walk up to each one. Some of the bushes had grown so I had walked by the first time.

Ron

Ron, apparently you also have an excellent memory. I do still hope to get out this week, though my asst. is still sick so I have to keep working. I wish my memory was as good as yours!!

Heather, you ran out of gingkoes again? :lol: I can't wait to see your Cyp pics!

Heather, you ran out of gingkoes again? :lol: I can't wait to see your Cyp pics!

No,

I know exactly (I think!) where I saw them last year, but I didn't look in other areas at the timel. I was aiming for the hemlocks. I have several places to check this year, based on new information. Thanks to you all!!

If it does not rain I will go out again into the Buggy CReepy Maine Woods full of Black Flies and Mosquitoes with my daughter who has an excellent eye for
everything. She recalls going deeper into the woods than I had, where she saw a colony of slippers. ("Tons" in her words.) She said that I did not go deep enough into the woods.

She went last year, but tells me that she cannot recognize slippers unless they are in bloom. She will guide me to her "spot." So perhaps between the two of us, we will find more.

Good luck Susan and daughter! Maybe you'll find a creepy crawly snake for her too! :D

I'll just live vicariously through all you folks who had a weekend, if I may. :roll:
(and please, post lots today to keep me entertained. It won't be a nice enough day for me to be busy at work, so I'll be lonely and bored.)
:therethere:

WAH!

I'm going to Panama City, Florida tomorrow to visit family and collect some fish, so I will look for orchids also, but I don't think there are any slippers down there. If so let me know.

Nope, Cyps are not native to the state of Florida but they in neighboring states like Georgia, Alabama and up north. Here is a link: Native orchids of the US (http://www.orchids.org/ooc/na_orchids/us_orchids_java.shtml) Hope this helps!

Does anyone fancy writing an article for the British Paphiopedilum Society on Cyps.
There is quite an upsurge of interest suddenly and our Editor wants to encourage it
An "willing" persons please contact me via this site
Thanks
Paul@
Ratcliffes

I would think if *anyone* here could/would do it, it would be Ron Burch.
Hopefully he'll see this!

Hi,

Given that this is the British society, there are a number of expert Cypripedium growers in Britain. Two that come to mind are Peter Corkhill who is a pioneer in Cypripedium propagation and Anthony Darby, who is another leading hobbyist. Both have plants of which I am extremely envious and many years of experience! Neither does much writing (at least in things that are internationally distributed so they may well have many very nice articles in places where I would not see them). William Steele here in the US is the most prolific writer internationally on propagating Cypripediums and he usually includes gardening information as well. Sven Malmgren in Sweden writes widely about propagation, and has dozens of articles in European journals. I have not written materials for horticultural societies but have written many articles about aspects of aquarium fishes for local and national organizations. I would be happy to be considered for an article about Cypripedium-keeping.

Ron Burch

Thanks for the response
Hopefully through this Forum we can close the gap between England and the US
Paul :Party: