Here are some Cyp acaule seedlings that have completed their first season in pots (after a season in flask). In my area this species is very common and the seed came from nearby. I have a white pine-hemlock forest but no Cyp acuale (but my neighbors all do). I suspect this is because the property was heavily used for horses (seven of them clopping around digging up the sod with their hooves) until only three years ago. I am planting about 100 seedlings in the forest (I grew them this year in pine duff from the same spot) to see if they become established. If they grow there, I will follow up with nature shots.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y100/fundulopanchax/Cypacaule7Jan07.jpg

Ron

:cool: Great project!

Very cool! Are those current shots, as in sprouting leaves in early January?

How long has it been since horses were on the property? Soil can take a very long time to recover from compaction.

Very cool Ron. I'd imagine you'll get quite a bit of mortality at first. Are you saving any for pot culture? They look really healthy.

Super cool...thnx

That will be an impressive site Ron :)
Hope You are producing more to really have a bunch in the woods in case of a bit of mortality!
Nice to be able to reintroduce the plants.

Nice work :)

Joakim

Very cool! Are those current shots, as in sprouting leaves in early January?

How long has it been since horses were on the property? Soil can take a very long time to recover from compaction.

It has been three years since any horses were there. The pine duff is nice and loose so I dont think compaction is a problem. Actually there is a big area close to the river that is all torn up. I wondered if it was a local bear that like the Cypripediums is not hibernating this year. A neighbor who hunts took a look at the area and said it is a moose doing it. There was a moose in one of the paddocks a couple of weeks ago so I guess that is the one - there are a lot of swampy areas that branch off the river and there are a fair number of moose that pass through. I am such a city slicker that when I saw it as I was coming up the driveway, I went inside telling my wife that someone had a horse get loose and it was in the side paddock. She looked out and laughed at me noting that my "horse" was a "moose." Hey, I had never seen one before (and it was a female so it didnt have antlers) - moose are enormous!

The leaves on these seedlings are giving up for the year. Those were the last few dying leaves and I cut them off before putting them away.

Ron

Very cool Ron. I'd imagine you'll get quite a bit of mortality at first. Are you saving any for pot culture? They look really healthy.

I have about 100 of the seedlings. I will do a few in pots and put the rest in the woods. I expect very extensive mortality but I have lots more seed!

I am such a city slicker that when I saw it as I was coming up the driveway, I went inside telling my wife that someone had a horse get loose and it was in the side paddock. She looked out and laughed at me noting that my "horse" was a "moose." Hey, I had never seen one before (and it was a female so it didnt have antlers) - moose are enormous!


LOL! I just had a good laugh! Heeeeeere moosie moosie! :p

:Grin: The very first moose I saw was also a female and at first glance I thought it was a cow wandering in the woods.

:Grin: The very first moose I saw was also a female and at first glance I thought it was a cow wandering in the woods.

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