Calopogon tuberosus

[WimB]

I'm looking for Calopogon tuberosus (pink or white form). Does anyone know where I can get them?

[shelagh]

Wim it never ceases to amaze me how lttle I know.  I've never heard of Calpogon let alone C. tuberosus. Does anyone have any pictures for a bulbously challenged person like myself?

[Maggi Young]

Shelagh, try one of the orchid sites...... it's a cute pink thing, with its flowers the right way up... or the wrong way up, if you think in orchid terms!!

[Maggi Young]

photolink : http://www.orchidspecies.com/orphotdir/colopogontuberosus.jpg

[WimB]

There's a good picture of them here (the second post from below):

http://icps.proboards105.com/index.cgi?board=outdoor&action=display&thread=1171

[derekb]

Wim try Hayleys Hardy Orchids on E BAY thats where mine came from, not sure if she still has any will ask her later and let you know.

Derek

[Maggi Young]

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/hayleys-orchids is the link

[shelagh]

Thanks Maggi, the link gave a super picture and you're right it does look a bit upside down.  Gorgeous colour though.

[WimB]

She doesn't seem to have anymore for sale...

[Tony Willis]

I swapped some ramonda seed for seed of C.pallidus last year and have sown it in another orchid pot in the hope that it will germinate and grow on. Lovely plants from Florida which seems to be rich in orchids. No signs yet!

[Carlo]

Both pink and white forms are successful here...though I haven't had them long and they are still building up.

[Craig]

Got mine from the nice lady at Pazuzu. I think they do mail order (but also attend a number of the big orchid shows in the UK)
http://www.extremeflora.eu/shop/shop/USER_ARTIKEL_HANDLING_AUFRUF.php?darstellen=1&Kategorie_ID=17&PEPPERSESS=950c6d138287d38244dc44bfc8783608&kat_last=17&kat_aktiv=17
I could only afford a pink one! If anyone has a white one they'd be interested in traiding........

[WimB]

Thanks for the message Craig,

I ordered one pink Calopogon. The white one is a bit expensive indeed.

[Gerhard Raschun]

I can offer a small number of Calopogon tuberosus too.

I grow many plants in my swamp in the garden.They grow together with a lot of Sarracenia sp. and other Orchids.

They increase well by seeds and flower for the first time two years after sowing.

[Gerhard Raschun]

I have forgotten to ask:

Is there a grower who grews white Calopogon tuberosus and white Pogonia ophioglossoides ?, I`d like to change and would offer for example white Pogonia japonica !