Terrestrial orchids 2015

[Tony Willis]

hello friends,
after summer dormancy, the Changnienia amoena made good progress.
8 new leaves came up, so 3 more, than last year.
the flower buds normally begin to grow in early spring.

the seed capsule (cross pollinatesd march 5) is still growing.
will be interesting to see, if there are viable seeds inside


 
under my conditions it is a "beginners plant"
 -I have it for about 9 years now-
nevertheless its  rarely seen in cultivation.

so maybe in the "near"  future
I will have seedlings, HOPEFULLY 


enjoy

Do you keep them frost free over winter?

[goofy]

it is fairly clear that most terrestrials are not "addicted" to any fungus.
even if they grow with fungus from their natural habitat.

otherwise you never could grow Orchis, Ophrys or Cypripediums from asymbiotic cultivation.
it might be, that some kind of fungus are "helpful",
but if growing  them in "fungusneutral" soil,
one will be fairly successful,

so growing in sterilized "firbark" or seramis combinations.
you minimize the risk of loosing,
even if there are some "remaining fungus" from its natural habitat.

I wll try to find/ isolate remaining fungus on my plants
from the new root tips soon

cheers   

[goofy]

sorry Tony,
overlooked your posting.

yes they are in my frostfree greenhouse over winter.
in summer in a shady rainprotected place.

[Yann]

Watering the Crocus pots in the darkness of the night, i was really shocked

[Maggi Young]

Well, that was a shock - a very nice shock!

[Yann]

I usually get it flowered end of January but i also remember posts of Tony during the end of december.

[SteveC2]

Given the weather we are having it is no surprise that things are early, yet funnily enough my rogue Barlia which is often open by the middle of November is just unfurling.  I do have Ophrys flower spikes emerging left right and centre though.
And Yann you might want to look at your labels; your speculum looks very fusca- esque to me.  I am told that this is a very early flowerer down in the Med.  When we visited Majorca in mid-March 2014 they were mostly long finished with seed pods forming.

[Steve Garvie]

Nice plant Yann. It looks rather like Ophrys melena.
I also have a few ophrys spikes showing courtesy of the mild weather.

[Yann]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nico_bees_wasps/5655296926

It's a mixed pot with also o. italica. (foliage in right corner). Steve you're right, it melena.

[SteveC2]

Melena is never one that really comes to my mind, sort of an inferior lutea which is a bit fusca-esque.
Thought I saw an italica leaf in the photo.  Mixed pot by design Yann, or due to mislabelled tubers?  There seems to be a lot of the latter about the past couple of years.

[Yann]

I was short in pots, so i decided to put several species per pot. A thing i shouldn't do, the proof is that.
phryganae is a bit similar with the brown W end of label.
But definately not speculum(after seeing hundreds in nature!), i was thinking lutea and misnamed the photo.Too much tired those days.

[Steve Garvie]

When I see the name melena (melaena) I think of black tarry stool and bleeding ulcers - unfortunate really! 
Ophrys melena does have some subtle charm however.

[ashley]

Ophrys melena does have some subtle charm however.

Beautiful.

[Maren]

Very lovely.

[WimB]

Anacamptis morio ssp. syriaca