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Author Topic: Dactylorhizas in flower  (Read 4987 times)

Gerhard Raschun

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Re: Dactylorhizas in flower
« Reply #15 on: June 25, 2009, 06:54:09 PM »
this is probably my best Dactylorhiza

sadly, but it is steril. I can`t work with it. But it smells wonderful !!!
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Re: Dactylorhizas in flower
« Reply #16 on: June 25, 2009, 08:54:58 PM »
From your photo  name , I think this is Dactylorhiza maculata bicolor, is this correct? It is lovely
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Re: Dactylorhizas in flower
« Reply #17 on: June 25, 2009, 09:19:05 PM »
Gerhardt,

That's disappointing for you.  So it doesn't produce pollen to hybridise onto others, nor accept pollen from other species to produce seed?  Major disappointment, as it looks wonderful and would be fascinating in a breeding program I would imagine.  Maybe you just keep on trying every year and one year the conditions are just right and the seed sets.  Stranger things have happened.
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Paul T.
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Min winter temp -8 or -9°C. Max summer temp 40°C. Thankfully, maybe once or twice a year only.

 


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