Terrestrial Orchids 2017

[Yann]

back from Vercors, after landing (south of Belgium) i drove not so far to check the state of the ophrys fuciflora. Disaster as in many place due to heat and dryness.
I managed to find somes in bloom. This Gymnadenia need water...33°C

[johnralphcarpenter]

The second picture looks like Fondry des Chiens.

[Yann]

Yes, your view is better than mine.

[WimB]

Dactylorhiza spaghnicola in flower in my garden.

[Yann]

lazy week-end, just crossed the belgium frontier to walk a bit and photographied wildlife.

Dactylorhiza fuschii x incarnata
Dactylorhiza praetermissa
Epipactis palustris
Dactylorhiza incarnata
Dactylorhiza maculata

[Yann]

Dactylorhiza fuschii
Dactylorhiza majalis x foliosa

[Claire Cockcroft]

The hybrid swarm of dactylorhizas have started to bloom.  They are a mix of Dd. fuchsii, majalis, and maculata. It's lovely to have such a "weed" show up everywhere in the garden.
...Claire

[Yann]

like these weeds 

[Maggi Young]

me too! Quality "weeds" - Ian is writing about this sort of "weed" in the Bulb Log - out tomorrow!

[Maggi Young]

Your "lazy weekend" has resulted in a lot of great photos, Yann!  Including that nice Yellow Rattle - Rhinanthus minor (?) , which I've always thought would be pretty in the garden.

[Yann]

It's Rhinanthus angustifolius, minor grows in southern regions. Germination is erractic, should grab some seeds later (remind me...)

[Maggi Young]

 

[WimB]

Dactylorhiza sphagnicola flowering in my garden.
Pogonia ophioglossoides (leftover from cleaning out my little swamp this spring)
an Ponerorchis graminifolia 'Renzetsu Shi-Itten'

[Steve Garvie]

Bletilla sp. -meant to be a dark pink form of ochracea.

[Steve Garvie]

Anacamptis pyramidalis -on a dour and dreich day, not the best for photography.



Gymnadenia conopsea -a very robust form (with Anacamptis laxiflora in the background).



Dactylorhiza maculata alba
-not as pure a white as that named after a famous Inuit lady.



Platanthera chlorantha This, the Greater Butterfly Orchid is distinguished from the Lesser Butterfly Orchid by having more widely spaced pollinia which lie at an angle to each other. The flower has a pleasant vanilla scent which is different from the Lesser. Differences in foliage are also suggested as distinguishing factors but I find these are inconsistent in cultivated plants.



Platanthera bifolia This is the Lesser Butterfly Orchid. It has a different scent from the Greater Butterfly Orchid and the pollinia lie closely together and parallel under a triangular hood.