Fall Offering 2007
This list shows our Cypripediums for sale this fall. If you wish to order plants, please download and print our order form (here is a pdf form if you prefer) and send it to us with a check for the total amount of your order. We will not cash the check until two weeks prior to the expected shipping date. Plants will be shipped when they become dormant, around the end of October depending upon the weather. Receipt of your check will hold your plants. If you wish to determine whether the plants you desire are still available, please email us: orders@gardensatposthill.com If your mailed order reaches us within a week of our response (if you email us you do not need to send the order form, just reference our response when you send your check), your "place in line" will be kept. We will strive to fill your order but some plants are popular and will sell out quickly.
Ladyslipper Orchids
Cypripedium ladyslipper orchids are among the most showy of the temperate terrestrial orchids. Please read our cultivation instructions to make sure that you live in an appropriate part of the country to grow these magnificient garden plants. Plants should be situated in a partially shaded area and preferably planted in a soiless medium.
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Blooming Size Plants
Species
Cat Number SM006 Cypripedium candidum
Price Each SOLD OUT
Single stem blooming size plant
This species requires somewhat more sun than most Cypripedium. Allow them four - five hours of sun to encourage
maximum blooming. They also require a slightly alkaline soil. we add 1 part crushed oyster shell (available from animal
feed stores for poultry) to 10 parts of our usual Cypripedium growth medium and sprinkle about 1/4 cup lime
around each plant in the fall.
Cat Number SM028 Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum
Price Each SOLD OUT
Single stem blooming size plant
This is the small form of the species (the lower left flower in the photo). Total height is about 6 - 8 inches.
This species is easy to grow but because of its small size, extra care needs to be taken to assure that its
growth medium does not become completely dry.
Cat Number SM030 Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens
Price Each SOLD OUT
Single stem blooming size plant
This is the larger form of the species (the upper right flower in the photo). Total height of well-established
specimens can reach 24 inches. This species is easy to grow.
Cat Number SM035 Cypripedium reginae
Price Each SOLD OUT
Single stem blooming size plant
Heights of well-established plants may reach 36 inches. This species tolerates and flowers better with slightly
more sun than some Cypripedium, about four hours each day.
This species does not require alkaline soil in the garden but does appreciate 1/4 cup of lime
sprinkled around the plant in the fall and 1/2 cup once there are several stems.
Hybrids
Please be aware that Cypripedium hybrids, like other hybrid plants that are not vegetatively produced, will vary in appearance of the plant and flower from specimen to specimen to reflect all of the possible gradations between one parent and another. Our photos are of actual plants in our garden. Yours may look similar or somewhat different.
These blooming size hybrids are imported from the famous Frosch® Exclusive Perennials in Germany. These are large, blooming-size rhizomes.
Cat Number HM001 Cypripedium Aki
Frosch® plants (trademarked, top quality
blooming size rhizomes)
Price Each $45.00
Aki is the Cyp. parviflorum var. pubescens version of Cyp. Gisella and as such is a hybrid with large flowers on a robust plant. Aki does very well for us. We have not had it as long as Gisella but hope that it develops into large clumps as the years go on.
Cat Number HM002 Cypripedium Gisela
Frosch® plants (trademarked, top quality
blooming size rhizomes)
Price Each $45.00
Gisela is the easiest to grow Cypripedium! We have had plants add 3 - 5 stems every year with average care.
Plants are typically 18 - 20 inches in height. Gisela also makes a nice potted specimen.
Cat Number HM003 Cypripedium Hank Small
Frosch® plants (trademarked, top quality
blooming size rhizomes)
Price Each $45.00
An established specimen of Hank Small is a beauty. Its flowers look very much like Cyp parviflorum but established
specimens often have several flowers per stem like its Cyp. henryi parent. We have found that this hybrid
likes very well-drained media.
Cat Number HM005 Cypripedium Philipp
Frosch® plants (trademarked, top quality
blooming size rhizomes)
Price Each $45.00
Philipp is a magnificient plant when in bloom! Since one of its parents is Cyp. kentuckiense it has huge flowers.
Near Blooming Size Plants
These plants are a year or two away from blooming for the first time.
Cat Number HNB001 Cypripedium Aki
Price Each $32.00
Aki is the Cyp. parviflorum var. pubescens version of Cyp. Gisella and as such is a hybrid with large flowers on a robust plant. Aki does very well for us. We have not had it as long as Gisella but hope that it develops into large clumps as the years go on.
Cat Number HNB001A Cypripedium Aki Pastel
Price Each $45.00
Aki is the Cyp. parviflorum var. pubescens version of Cyp. Gisella and as such is a hybrid with large flowers on a robust plant. Aki does very well for us. We have not had it as long as Gisella but hope that it develops into large clumps as the years go on. Aki Pastel is a newly released form developed by Michael Weinert at Frosch® Exclusive Perennials, represented thus far by only a few hundred specimens worldwide.
Cat Number HNB002 Cypripedium Gisela
Price Each $32.00
Gisela is the easiest to grow Cypripedium! We have had plants add 3 - 5 stems every year with average care.
Plants are typically 18 - 20 inches in height. Gisela also makes a nice potted specimen.
Cat Number HNB003 Cypripedium Hank Small
Price Each $32.00
An established specimen of Hank Small is a beauty. Its flowers look very much like Cyp parviflorum but established
specimens often have several flowers per stem like its Cyp. henryi parent. We have found that this hybrid
likes very well-drained media.
Cat Number HNB004 Cypripedium Ingrid
Price Each $32.00
Ingrid has done very well for us. She has small flowers like Gisela.
Cat Number HNB005 Cypripedium Philipp
Price Each $32.00
Philipp is a magnificient plant. Since one of its parents is Cyp. kentuckiense it has huge flowers.
Garden-Established Seedlings
We are trying something new this fall to enable new growers who are hesitant to spend the large sums that 5-6 year old plants command before becoming proficient in growing Cypripedium. These plants have been grown outside in beds here at the Gardens for two seasons "two year plants." Thus, they are well-established, proven plants. Most Cypripedium bloom by their fifth year outside with good average care.
Cat Number SS2035 Cypripedium reginae
Price Each $12.00
Heights of well-established plants may reach 36 inches. This species tolerates and flowers better with slightly
more sun than some Cypripedium, about four hours each day.
This species does not require alkaline soil in the garden but does appreciate 1/4 cup of lime
sprinkled around the plant in the fall.
