Terrestrial Orchids 2016

[joost]

Now flowering in the peatbed: Spiranthes odorata

[joost]

In my greenhouse: Pterostylis obtusa

[Yann]

almost spring 
outside or inside glass it's ready for the next season

[Steve Garvie]

Some late flowering species from the end of September:

Platanthera ciliaris


Spiranthes sinensis


Calopogon tuberosus -the white form.

[Gabriela]

Beautiful. I wish there were pink Spiranthes here as well; also fragrant?

[Steve Garvie]

Sadly there is no scent to the Sp. sinensis flower Gabriela.

[Darren]

Pterostylis truncata

[Jupiter]

It always gives me a thrill seeing our Australian terrestrial orchids pampered in little pots on the other side of the globe! To see them I walk into the bush in late winter.

Here are some pictures I took just up the road from us in our local National Park. I think it's a sterile natural hybrid between P. cucullata and P. nutans.

[Gabriela]

I don't know if this link has been posted before. Mind blowing - the largest orchid literature database in the world!
Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz
https://orchid.unibas.ch/index.php/en/bibliorchidea

A database search will show hundreds or thousands entries for a large genus, everything from botanical illustrations to herbarium sheets, pictures of root, seeds...

[Yann]

patience... we're in the most difficult period when it's necessary to juggle with extreme cold and watering.