Terrestrial orchids 2015

[Maggi Young]

I assure you that  if you scroll down the page a little  there is a "send message" box to send the reply  you will have typed in the text box.  There is also,  immediately below the  text box,  the option to save a copy of the  message in your outbox.

[ian mcdonald]

I may have done it now I hope. At least it does not appear on the Forum. Old age does funny things.

[SteveC2]

Platanthera ciliaris, in flower today.  I assume it is very late, but a very welcome splash of colour.  I bought two non-flowering size plants from a forum member and they have both flowered, thanks Gerhard.

[Tony Willis]

Steve

very nice.I have had two in bud for a couple of months and I am beginning to wonder if they will ever open. It is my first time at growing them.

[SteveC2]

These took ages to open as well and like you I was wondering if something was wrong, especially when the leaves started going over.  I believe that is found throughout eastern USA and flowers there in late July-early September, but normally cultivated plants flower earlier than in nature.

[Maggi Young]

Platanthera ciliaris, in flower today.  I assume it is very late, but a very welcome splash of colour.  I bought two non-flowering size plants from a forum member and they have both flowered, thanks Gerhard.

Colour is very nice - bright and   warm but not too garish.

[Tony Willis]

First Platanthera ciliaris at last now flowering.
 A second one is still a couple of weeks of opening.

[Maggi Young]

It's taken me a while, but I've finally twigged what the colour is - it's the colour of Galia Melon flesh - yummy!!

[goofy]

hello friends,
the first Spiranthes australis from my own 2012 sowings are flowering.
(also see my other thread "goofys sowing efforts")



enjoy

[Maren]

Hi Goofy,
that is a first class result. I always wanted some of these but they were impossible to obtain. Also, I lack the skills and patience to grow these plants from seed. Very well done.

[reifuan]

It's taken me a while, but I've finally twigged what the colour is - it's the colour of Galia Melon flesh - yummy!!

Umm isn't Galia melon flesh greenish white? 

[Maggi Young]

Umm isn't Galia melon flesh greenish white? 

   Oh dear - wrong melon!?!   Cantaloupe is what I meant - though I think Charentais has that  colour too.

[Maggi Young]

A NEW VARIETY DESCRIBED FROM LEBANON, Ophrys apifera var. libanotica
K. ADDAM AND M. BOU-HAMDAN (ORCHIDACEAE)
J Bot Res 6.1 (2015):39-46
Authors    K. ADDAM, I.D. KEBBE, J. TAKKOUSH, K. HOUT, M. BOU-HAMDAN
Published on    31 Mar 2015         Pages : 39-46       Article Id : BIA0002436

http://www.bioinfopublication.org/files/articles/6_1_1_JBR.pdf

[Neil]

More unnecessary splitting

[Maren]

Oh dear, Neil, it's only a variety, not a new species.