Ophrys and some others! 2011

[fredg]

Very nice Liparis Peter.
I note that it's reported as being hardier than Liparis kumokiri which goes through our winters without heating for me.

[Maggi Young]

Very nice Liparis Peter.
I note that it's reported as being hardier than Liparis kumokiri which goes through our winters without heating for me.

What I know about these plants could not even cover the tip  of a pin so the photos  ( looking like some extraordinary insects) and your comment about hardiness are most encouraging. 

[Peter Maguire]

It gets the same treatment as my Cyps, a compost of pumice/leafould stood outside on a sand plunge in summer, on the floor of the alpine house and kept slightly damp and above -3C in winter.
(mind you, I've only had it 18 months so far, it has flowered both summers)

[fredg]

My Dactylorhiza are coming on well now.

Here's a few I managed to photograph despite the wind.
Hopefully there will be a lot more if the weather gets a little calmer.


1. Dactylorhiza fuchsii
2. Dactylorhiza fuchsii
3. Dactylorhiza fuchsii
4. Dactylorhiza fuchsii
5. Dactylorhiza fuchsii  white
6. Dactylorhiza hybrid
7. Dactylorhiza hybrid
8. Dactylorhiza hybrid

[daveyp1970]

Lovely stuff there Fred,i love the pure white!

[fredg]

.......i love the pure white!

That photo is a couple of days old, it's much more open now
Very awkward to get a good shot of it.
It needs to be still and overcast.
Any sun and it just bleaches out.

[Maggi Young]

What a great selection, Fred. Every one a gem. Super shots.

[fredg]

Thank you Maggi.

I managed another shot of the Dactylorhiza fuchsii white.

[Maggi Young]

My word! That is quite stunning!

[Tony Willis]

Fred they are really lovely,a little ahead of mine which are just coming into flower.

[fredg]

Just a couple more Dactylorhiza for now 

1. Dactylorhiza foliosa
2. Dactikorhiza foliosa
3. Dactylorhiza sp. (hybrid?)

[Brian Ellis]

Lovely white one Fred, in fact they are all very nice.

[Maren]

Beautiful, Fred. Is the white on Dactylorhiza fuchsii ssp okellyi? 

[fredg]

Beautiful, Fred. Is the white on Dactylorhiza fuchsii ssp okellyi? 

To me it's a Dactylorhiza fuchsii with a white flower Maren.
It's certainly not from Ireland


Another couple of Dactylorhiza are opening.
1. Dactylorhiza hybrid.
2. Dactylorhiza hybrid. This darker one is a mystery. I potted up some Epipactis pallustris in 2008, this little fellow has since appeared in that pot. This is it's first flowering but that's still fast growing. There's a beautiful blue tinge in the pink.

[fredg]

Just can't help just sitting and looking at these.

Ophrys apifera