Orchids spring 2008

[Joakim B]

Tony sorry to hear about Your collection but happy You got one back.
Lesley
Thanks for the information
Kind regards
Joakim

[Viola]

Dactylorhiza maculata one very variable species.
Pogonia in my swamp.

Karl

[Lesley Cox]

Compared with mine, your D. foliosa looks about right. However, it's really better if you can show the leaves a well. Leaves are a better ID factor than flowers in many cases.

[Anthony Darby]

Need to see the whole plant, but the second is another Dactylorhiza sp. Here is a small clump of foliosa.

[Maggi Young]

Karl, your Pogonia in the swamp is a lovely colony. What a very delicate flower!

[Hans A.]

can anyone tell me if this is D.foliosa?

I have some doubts if it is the pure species - even if normally you will find plants as yours in trade (and google ) -
in my opinion it should look like this one: http://es.treknature.com/gallery/Europe/Portugal/photo119416.htm

[Anthony Darby]

Karl, your Pogonia in the swamp is a lovely colony. What a very delicate flower!

Now that's my kind of flower. I wonder if it would survive in swampy Dunblane?

[Viola]

Maggi,
the Pagonia multipli very good.

Anthony,
I know not, Pogonia will sour and moisture.

Karl

[Joakim B]

Rob Could Your plant be a hybrid bewteen gymnadeina and dactylorhiza
Check here what Lidafors have for crosses.
Not so good close ups but maybe You could compare anyway.
http://www.lidaforsgarden.com/Orchids/gymnadenia_eng.htm
Kind regards
Joakim

[Lesley Cox]

You didn't say which was which Rob. I assume the one on the left is D. foliosa? It looks like mine but I haven't an electronic picture right now. They're underground. I'll take some pics in the spring.

[Anthony Darby]

Having to check all my plants due to this current spell fo dry weather.

Here is my mum's Dactylorhiza sp. clump. I think it has been there for about 6 years?

[Maggi Young]

Your Mum's dact clump is lovely, Anthony , but I think you should lift it this year and spread the tubers around a wider area or they will deteriorate because of overcrowding 

[Lesley Cox]

I'm assuming this is another way of telling Anthony to help himself to a bit because when in the UK, and especially Ireland, I saw ENORMOUS clumps of D. elata, some with hundreds of stems, the clumps measuring over two metres across. They couldn't have been disturbed for many years.

[Anthony Darby]

I have to dig it up this weekend as it's not included in the sale of the house. Curiously, there are some (suspected) D. purpurella in amongst it. This species seeds itself all around my mum's garden to. Her clump of Cypripedium 'Ulla Silkens' has six flowering shoots this year (from 4 last year and 2 the year before), so plants do well in Doune.

[mark smyth]

silly me started a new thread without realising there was already one on Orchids