Re: Orchids Summer 2009

[Tony Willis]

a couple of late flowering orchids,not very showy but interesting

Listera ovata this is about 60cms tall and a closeup of the flowers

Orchis coriophora in two colour forms

[Hristo]

Tony,
Cracking looking plants, the Listera ovata in particular looks great!

[Anthony Darby]

Tony, only you could make Listera ovata look stunning!

[Tony Willis]

thank you they have now self seeded in the garden which is pleasing.

[Maggi Young]

thank you they have now self seeded in the garden which is pleasing.

Well, that IS a treat. They must be  happy. 

[derekb]

 I know it is not now spring but not sure where to put this one,
Stenoglotis macloughlinii.
Stenoglotis macloughlinii Flowers.

[Maggi Young]

Nice Stenoglottis, Derek. I take your point about Spring being over.... I've  split the topic from June to "Summer" !!

[Hristo]

Bravo, ery nice indeed Derek, this one has got my stamp collecting twitch going! I have woodii and longifolia but not fimbriata or macloughlinii. Have you ever seen any of the Stenoglottis hybrids?

[Calvin Becker]

There's quite a comprehensive Stenoglottis collection at varsity in PMB. I must take and post pictures during the next flowering season. The only hybrid in the collection is Stenoglottis 'Venus'. In my mind, a great improvement on the parent species. It's much more floriferous and is quite a bit larger than the other species in the collection. Interestingly it seems to have gained a self-fertilising ability from it's fimbriata parent with all the flowering spikes developing pods. I've collected some of this seed and have given it to friends to grow on - hope the progeny prove to be interesting!


Interestingly a friend of mine registered a Stenoglottis zambesiaca X Neobolusia tysonii hybrid earlier this year. Not too showy but interesting nonetheless since Stenoglottis are lithophytes/epiphytes and Neobolusia are terrestrials.

[Hristo]

Interesting stuff Calvin, I think that most of the Stenoglottis action is going on in SA, no big surprise I guess!

[derekb]

I hope this is in the right place it is actually growing in the Tomatoe house as that is the only place to get enough heat this Summer?
Habenaria radiata.

[Anthony Darby]

How did you manage that Derek? I am impressed. Mine always die.

[Maggi Young]

I am  heartened to see tiny buds forming at the end of the weedy looking shoots on the ones I got from Thomson and Morgan ( after a long delay, if you recall)  They are the weakest , spindliest things imaginable.... I was pleased to see the buds appear though I will be pretty amazed if the flowers actually mature and open.
Yours are lovely, Derek.

[derekb]

How did you manage that Derek? I am impressed. Mine always die.

Anthony as soon as all frost has gone they go outside against a wall that gets a lot of sun and standing in a tray of water but with the lack of sun they were put in the Tom house.
Maggi they are very thin flowering stems but the flowers make up for that keep them hot and wet.

Derek

[Maggi Young]

Maggi they are very thin flowering stems but the flowers make up for that keep them hot and wet.

Thanks, Derek.

I have them near the window in the kitchen...... that's as hot as I can manage! I'll keep them a bit wetter than I have been doing. .