Orchis, Ophrys and others 2013

[mark smyth]

After work I will look

[K Andrzejewski]

very windy today, so no chance for properly photos;
1 and 2: Anacamptis laxiflora ; origin - France, I bought a few years ago as a young plant from R.Manuel on HOS Meeting
3: Anacamptis morio subsp.morio var. alba ; origin - probably Bavaria (Bayern), from H.Beyrle - Germany
Your hybrid Anacamptis x alata must have a visible marks from both parents.
Kristof

[Tony Willis]

very nice morio var alba.

In flower today

Ophrys fuciflora and Calanth tricarinata with wasp. Second picture has pollinia stuck to it head

[mark smyth]

A. x alata and A. morio came from two different seller so it is unlikely that I mixed up the labels. Nobody goes in the green house other than me.

[SteveC2]

To help with the paternity / maternity issue over Anacamptis x alata? here are the possible suspects.  At the front A. morio ssp picta, front left A. morio ssp morio, front right A. laxiflora and back A. laxiflora elegans.  The laxflora are altogether bigger plants and given the natural variability of morio flowers I think it might be useful to look at the leaves / plant structure as well as surely a hybrid would have inherited some of the laxiflora characteristics.  Mark tells me that the leaves on his possible alata are rosette like, very like morio, probably because it is a morio!

[mark smyth]

Mark tells me that the leaves on his possible alata are rosette like, very like morio, probably because it is a morio!

I'll go take photos now

[mark smyth]

A. x alata leaves
A. morio leaves - dying back fast

[SteveC2]

Looks to me like either the morio genes are totally overwhelming the laxiflora genes or, more likely, there are no laxiflora genes.  It's a morio!

[fredg]

Finally getting around to posting this one, it's been in flower for a couple of weeks now. A lighter form than the norm.

Orchis mascula

[Tony Willis]

Dactylorhiza sambucina yellow form

[mark smyth]

Can I water orchids in pots, in plunges, at this time of year. With very hot days like yesterday, just under 20C, the sand dries very quickly

[mark smyth]

There is a lovely Anacamptis morio on Ebay. Pale pink with green wings. I contacted the seller to ask if he is guaranteeing this plant in the photo. He says

"Sorry, I can`t promise it is the one you`ll get as there are so many..."

[K Andrzejewski]

There is a lovely Anacamptis morio on Ebay. Pale pink with green wings. I contacted the seller to ask if he is guaranteeing this plant in the photo. He says

"Sorry, I can`t promise it is the one you`ll get as there are so many..."

This is Heinz Pinkepank auction , I asked him the same question last year.
Kristof

[fredg]

Again this has been in flower for a couple of weeks. I wasn't going to, bother with a photo this year but hey! it's sunny
I'll go for effect and post an external image

Neotinea tridentata Orchis tridentata

[mark smyth]

Fabulous Fred. Sadly mine died just as the spike was starting to grow