Terrestrial Orchids 2017

[Yann]

Ophrys scolopax and fuciflora

[Steve Garvie]

Thelymitra nuda -Forget about Vandas, if you want true blue in an orchid then it's Thelymitra (There are also some blue Disas -anyone growing them?) . These plants can take a few degrees of frost but need temperatures above 22ºC for the flowers to open.


Anacamptis pyramidalis


Orchis morio


Orchis morio -an almost white form.


Orchis chmpagneuxii

[Steve Garvie]

Dactylorhiza sambucina -yellow flowered form.


Dactylorhiza sambucina -red flowered form.


Orchis militaris


Orchis picta


Thelymitra megacalyptra

[Yann]

great photos Steve!

Here's Ophrys averyronensis

[Gail]

Those Thelymitra look amazing. I had to google as have not come across them before and found reports that they smell of strawberry jam? (!)

[joost]

Thelymitra xmacmillanii

[SteveC2]

I have had several Thelymitras flowering over the past month or so and the only way any of them would smell of strawberry jam is if I covered them with... strawberry jam.  No noticeable sent from any of them and I gave to shut the greenhouse up tight to get the temperature up enough to persuade the flowers to open.

[sokol]

Black orchids.

[Yann]

from which region? looks like mammosa group for the last one

[sokol]

How would you call the second? I have no name.

[Maggi Young]

Something for folks to do who are weekending in the Glasgow area .....( as well as the SRGC Show in Milngavie on Saturday 6th!)

Glasgow Botanic Gardens in conjunction with the Scottish Orchid Society will be hosting the 20th Annual Orchid Fair in the Kibble Palace on the 6th & 7th May. This event is celebrating the bicentennial of the founding of the Gardens and in addition to the Scottish Orchid Society there will be another seven Orchid Societies displaying. Apart from the usual orchid vendors, Jeff Hutchings from Laneside Hardy Orchids (www.lanesidehardyorchids.com) will be returning to Glasgow after a number of years absence. This and the opportunity to see a wider range of orchids than usual might be of interest to your members. I appreciate that you are having a show up on Milngavie on the Saturday but the Orchid Fair continues on the Sunday. Details can be found on the website www.scottishorchid.org.
Alan Mackenzie
General Secretary
Scottish Orchid Society

[Neil]

A few from me please excuse quality of photos taken on phone.  The pleione limprichtii(?) has been growing outside under this rock for 3 years it has bulked up to 3 flowering pseudobulbs.

 The Orphys sphegodes subsp. sphegodes which I sown  from seed 3 years ago, is a nice yellow form, all the others are normal.  I have selfed the two flowers.  So will have have seed hopefully 😁 Pm if interested in any

[Erik D]

This year's first harvest of Anacamptis morio with more to come, sown last September on Malmgren-medium. As it is my first ever sown orchids I'm quite pleased with the result  .

Erik D

[ian mcdonald]

Lizard orchid img. 1020563. I will put it in the garden later.

[Steve Garvie]

Thelymitra megacalyptra -flowering spike, a good value orchid which has been in flower for weeks.


Ophrys cornuta -complete with dust from a recent volcanic eruption.


Galearis spectabilis -seems to be paler than it was last year.