Cypripedium farreri

Cypripedium farreri

Price for 1 bloom size nose.

It is a nice form of C.farreri, wide pastal yellow petal with beautiful dark red vein as Paphiopedilum rothschildianum. It will be great parents for hybrid.

A very rare species, hard to find in nursery,especially this form.

Selling and shipping time: Oct~Feb

Cultivation:

At first, keep them in correct temperature:

growing season:

• daytime:20C~30C
• nighttime:10~20C, cooler is better. This species is high tolerate for climate

dormancy:

• From October to April, please keep them in 3~(-15)C,very cold hardy if mulch with heavy snow.

Watering:

• Give them heavy watering if you can! clean rain water or RO water . pH from 6.0~7.0 will be ok. they tolerate very moist conditions.

Light:

• high tolerate for light change, shade from 70%~10%. according to you garden temperature. more light need cool temperature, or more shade if warm.

Compost:

• Need very well draining compost! inorganic and rich lime stone will be great!
• Important! never let the roots dry out, even winter!

Fertilizer:

• Light! the roots do not like rich fertilizer conditions. 1/10 by normal plants.