Australian native terrestrial orchids

[Darren]

Nice - I don't have this one. The name seems correct this time. There is a resemblance to coccinum but the leaves lack the tendril tips and the hood is more folded inward, though possibly not as much as in some pictures of truncatum I have seen (or even the picture on PC's own website). A picture in profile would help.

[BULBISSIME]

Just ask darren  

[Cephalotus]

(Sorry for off-topic) I announce that since today I am totally infected with Australian terrestrial orchids against my will, but they are so amazing that it is impossible for me to resist them any longer. I am sure that with your help I will succeed with this group. For start I target Pterostylis nutans and Corybas diemenicu, hoping that they are good for start.

[Maren]

Hello Chris and welcome.

the Pterostylis is a good starter plant. I love the Corybas diemenicus, but haven't found a source in England to buy it. I found a picture of it growing in Sphagnum moss in the wild. I hope the Australasian Native Orchid Society
(Victoria Group) Inc. doesn't mind me showing their picture from this page:http://www.anosvic.org.au/ANOS_Vic_Spring_Show.html



Good luck with your Australian terrestrials.

[Darren]

Just saw the profile picture Fred, it does look like truncatum to me.

Maren & Chris: I'd like to say that I might spare you one or two C. diemenicus in a year or two but dare not tempt fate.  It is one of those plants which increases well for years then seemingly dies out all at once....  I've already had to re-start once.

[rob krejzl]

X toveyana is a hybrid between alata and concinna  and has quite tubby green flowers in all the pictures I've seen

Not an orchid specialist but, according to the Wapstra's latest book (Tamanian plant names unravelled, 2010),  strictly speaking x toveyana is now applied on the mainland to hybrids between concinna and striata, and here in Tassie is misapplied to the similar hybrids between concinna and alata. No doubt there'll be another revision in a year or two, since the '07 lumping  of all the '01 pterostylis splits is apparently still to settle-in. I only hope the plants aren't giddy.

Like the diemenicus. Grow it myself and it's a very sweet little thing.

[Maren]

Maren & Chris: I'd like to say that I might spare you one or two C. diemenicus in a year or two but dare not tempt fate. 

Oh Darren, I'll wait patiently.

[Maggi Young]

This link was mentioned in another thread..... not sure if it has been given  before so thought I'd repeat it here.....

I have just come across this web site on Tasmanian Ground Orchids with images so impressive I had to share it.

http://www.upclose.net.au

http://www.upclose.net.au

[Peter Maguire]

Wow!
Of course they will most likely never be available in the UK, so we'll have to go visiting to pay homage....
How long is a flight to Hobart from the UK?

[mark smyth]

Just noticed today my Pterostylis have died yet they surviced the freeze in January

[rob krejzl]

How long is a flight to Hobart from the UK?

You certainly wouldn't have to go much further than Hobart once you got here to see something interesting, as this blog (http://tasmanianplants.com/category/orchids/) shows.

[Maggi Young]

Rob, that's a great link, thank you! A lot of happy browsing to be done there, I reckon.

[Darren]

There is too. The Bush tucker bit is interesting. I'm going to eat next years Romulea rosea seed capsules 

[Paul T]

Howdy All,

Just caught up with this topic (I haven't been into the orchid section in a VERY long time unfortunately, I just haven't had the time).  Congrats on all the flowerings.  I was pleased to see the pics of Diplodium coccineum as I have it in bud for the first time for me at present, having multiplied freely for me for the last couple of years.  I've just had Diplodium decurvum finish flowering for me as well (I think I posted a pic of it in the Southern Hemisphere topic recently)?

And Congrats on flowering the Corybas.  Flowering them has still eluded me as yet.    They produce leaves for me, but not flowers.

[Darren]

Paul,

Corybas incurvus flowering is unpredictable with me. Some years I get plenty of flowers, other years none (but the leaves are noticeably larger in those years). I wish I knew the reason.

I do find I get stronger plants (bigger tubers) if I move the pots to a very shady place after the flowering season and keep them in growth a bit longer as a result. This still doesn't guarantee flowers though...

Diemenicus, whilst trickier to keep going, does flower more reliably once tubers reach a decent size.