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The Gardens at Post Hill

At The Gardens at Post Hill we propagate and display temperate terrestrial orchids, related woodland plants, and other horticulturally distinctive plants. We are constantly expanding the information on the website and hope that you will visit often.

Please visit our GPH Store by clicking the links at left. You may purchase plants (in season) and Gift Certificates.

Our Spring 2012 plant list is now active. Click on the menu on the left. Because of our very early and warm Spring, Cypripedium and Bletilla have broken dormancy early and shipping is now complete until Fall. We will have Cypripedium and Bletilla available for shipping again this Fall (our new list will go up at the end of June). Our other perennials are available all Summer.

Here are some images from our Spring season. Click on image to enlarge. Press backspace to return.

Cypripedium Dryad

Cypripedium Dryad, Cyp xandrewsii x tibeticum.

Cypripedium Donna

Cypripedium Donna, Cyp Sabine x xandrewsii. Photo copyright by Paul Perakos and may not be used without his express written permission.

Cypripedium Crimson Challenger

Cypripedium GPH Crimson Challenger, Cyp franchetti x Gisela.

Cypripedium Pixi yellow ring Cypripedium Pixi brown ring

Cypripedium Pixi was registered by Peter Corkhill in 2003. It is Cyp tibeticum x Cyp calceolus. I assume the tibeticum was of the 'corrugatum' type since the hybrid is quite similar to corrugatum in appearance. Most of the plants have flowers with a yellow ring around the lip of the pouch, like the flower on the left. Only one plant has flowers with the brown ring, as the image on the right. These are very large flowers; only a couple were sold this Spring - I am going to keep the rest for my display! Now to pick a spot!


Cypripedium Annette Cypripedium Annette

Cypripedium Annette, Cyp candidum x macranthos var. hotei-atsumorianum. Interestingly, some of the flowers are small and resemble candidum in shape (right image) whereas others have flowers that are much larger and resemble macranthos (left image). Certainly the two forms have the same coloration.


Cypripedium Pluto

Cypripedium Pluto, Cyp fasciolatum x franchetti, registered by Werner Frosch in 2009, blooming in Paul Perakos' garden.