partisangardener
Carnivore
Cypripedium acaule is said to be very difficult to maintain in Germany. Soil with more than 4.5 PH results in rotting away.
I try to establish some mycorrhiza on its floater. I have a lot of Sphagnum on there and one willow species. A maple tree has seeded there too and some Erica tetralix grows too.
I got it summer 2021.There was another plant which did not turn up 2022. Until last autumn I always checked the water to have an PH well between 3 and 4 as recommended from fellow growers here.
They do it with vinegar or citric acid. Rainwater is here between 6 and 6.5.
I hoped that my Sphagnum reactor will keep the soil in a healthy condition for this species.
This year the bud is already visible.

I try to establish some mycorrhiza on its floater. I have a lot of Sphagnum on there and one willow species. A maple tree has seeded there too and some Erica tetralix grows too.
I got it summer 2021.There was another plant which did not turn up 2022. Until last autumn I always checked the water to have an PH well between 3 and 4 as recommended from fellow growers here.
They do it with vinegar or citric acid. Rainwater is here between 6 and 6.5.
I hoped that my Sphagnum reactor will keep the soil in a healthy condition for this species.
This year the bud is already visible.

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