Starting Dactylohiza from seed

[Anthony Darby]

There's a difference between lignin, a substance derived mostly from wood and Lignum (Lignum vitae) a type of wood........


http://cool.conservation-us.org/byorg/abbey/ap/ap04/ap04-4/ap04-402.html

I have a rolling pin made of Lignum Vitae, which I bought off a stall in Jamaica in 1993. Bowls (the lawn variety) used to be made of it and ship propeller bearings too, as the wood is oily. Put it in water and it sinks like a stone.

[winwen]

Hello Hristo (and all other orchid-on-cardboard-sowers),

how are your Dacties doing?
I'm really curious how far they are now!

[mark smyth]

me also.

[Tasmanian Taffy]

I wish I had read this link earlier,I have just sent for some Dactylohiza seed from Plantsworld seeds in the U.K.
if I had known they were this much trouble to germinate I would have chosen something else.    

[mark smyth]

Do you grow Hostas? Sprinkle the seed around the Hosta. Dont do it on a breezy or windy day because they will blow away

[Tasmanian Taffy]

Thanks Mark,
I will try that.