Orchis, Ophrys and others 2013

[Neil]

Tony Very nice

[Graham Catlow]

The first of my Calypso bulbosa have opened a full month later from last year.

The second one appears to have two leaves but this is not the case,the plant produced two new bulbs last year and these are separate plants.

Hi Tony.
Have you experienced the scent yet!
I wish I had grown mine like you. I liked it growing in moss but didn't keep my eye on it and the moss over-ran it and it rotted in last summers wet.

 

[Tony Willis]

Graham

I have now experienced (just about,I have virtually no sense of smell)the scent. I had not realised they have one.

Mine live permanently plunged in sand under the greenhouse bench so are kept just damp in summer. The grit is just to stop the compost caking when I water.

[mark smyth]

I meant to say a couple of weeks back that I'm disappointed with the scent of my Barlia. I have to hold it to my nose to get any smell

Two of my Orchis papilionacea have gone dormant so I knocked them out of their pot to have look. I was amazed to see such small but healthy roots.

[Neil]

Mark

The Barlia needs quite warm temperatures to release its scent, above 18C and the scent fills the greenhouse I found

[mark smyth]

Orchis mascula. Does the one in the shape of a human fall within the range of flowers for this orchid.

 Something interesting is the spotty leaved plants are flowering before the plain leaved plants

[Neil]

Now that we have some sun  I have some flowers 

Orchis italica
Serapias vomeracea with an unknown allium in it will need some help with identifying it later
Anacamptis morio  a nice bi colour form

[mark smyth]

Very nice A. morio

My "flowering sized" O. italica from Amand turned out a tiny plant

[K Andrzejewski]

Very nice A. morio

- I adore all orchids from morio group (or section Moriones is somebody prefer german version) since years, amazing display of forms, colours and mix of colours.

My "flowering sized" O. italica from Amand turned out a tiny plant

- you mean, Jacques from Stanmore?
My always-flowering italica is over (without any sign of flowers), and I don't know why - but I think maybe I will finally have something interesting this year from other plant, we will see. Neil - I like deep colour of your plant.

P.S. I checked my Orchis mascula and looks like plants with spots on leaves will flower as a first too, who know - maybe there is something in this??

[mark smyth]

Yes Jacque/John Amand

[K Andrzejewski]

Yes Jacque/John Amand

- I'm surprised he still got hardy orchids, I thought he keep now only some Dactylorhiza for show display. My first orchids ever I bought from this nursery in 2005 (Dactylorhiza maialis and Anacamptis morio), both had never bloomed but because I still remember how I planted them and what I did later, this not surprise me at all
You bought plants from his web page or via phone?
Kristof

[mark smyth]

I bought it from Harrogate Show where he had a stand

[mark smyth]

When I went out for a walk this afternoon the lip of O. ferrum-equinum was just showing. Two hours later and the flower is open

[mark smyth]

I made a mistake. I bought Orchis militaris from Amand

[K Andrzejewski]

I made a mistake. I bought Orchis militaris from Amand

- I never saw any mediterranean species in this nursery, his supplier is from Holland or Denmark, I'm not sure - but definitely one of this two countries.