Terrestrial orchids 2011 to 2014

[Maren]

Neil,

I look forward to this. Please come and say hello.

[fredg]

I was just looking at the plant I bought as a seedling Orchis anthropophora.
The lower flowers are just beginnning to open and.............. it isn't Orchis anthropophora.
At least not a pure one, it may be a hybrid with Orchis militaris or even pure O. militaris.
Disappointing at first but it does look like it will be a terrific flower.  

Watch this space  

Finally I get a photo to post
The flower is scented
ID anyone please.

Edit:- Photo renamed

[Tony Willis]

Fred very nice,when you get a name I will write it on mine that looks to be the same and I have failed to identify.

[daveyp1970]

orchis tridentata or Neotinea tridentata  Fred and Tony

[fredg]

orchis tridentata or Neotinea tridentata  Fred and Tony

That was a bit too easy for you Dave.
You could have at least made it seem more difficult 

[Neil]

Dave don't give them a choice its Neotinea

[fredg]

Two more terrestrials out today.

1 & 2 Anacamptis laxiflora, my my what a tall one this is
3 & 4 Anacamptis pyramidalis, just how does that duck keep getting into the flowers?

[Neil]

Very nice Fred love the Pyramid Orchid, have you forced this?  As I can just see the start of a shoot in one of mine.  And I am meant to be in the warmer south and ahead of you!

[fredg]

........ love the Pyramid Orchid, have you forced this?......

It's potted in a cold greenhouse Neil and I mean cold 
I think the rumours of you being warmer down there are greatly exaggerated 

[Alex]

Some Ophrys and a Serapis yesterday (see file names for ID). Can anyone suggest what the mystery Ophrys at the end might be - it was received as Ophrys X syracusana, which I think is lunulata X speculum - any support for that? I guess I can sort of see the 'spectacles' of lunulata, but I think on balance it looks like something else....views welcome.

Alex

    bertolonii
    neglecta
    splendida
    splendida2
    mystery Ophrys

[Tony Willis]

Nice ophrys,mine are all finished.

First of the later flowering orchids

Cephalanthera longifolia

[fredg]

Nice ophrys,mine are all finished.

First of the later flowering orchids

Cephalanthera longifolia

When did they move Chorley to the Riviera Tony?
You must be two months in front of me

[Neil]

When did they move Chorley to the Riviera Tony?
You must be two months in front of me

And even more in front of me, click on pictures


Orchis mascula


and a very pale form I don't think the spike is going to get in taller

[Darren]

Satyrium erectum from South Africa.

And a couple of hybrids between Australian Thelymitra species

'Sleeping Beauty' which inherits a terrific scent from the T. antennifera parent

and T. macrophylla x luteocillium

[Tony Willis]

Darren

I have the thelymitra sp you gave me in bud but cannot get enough sun and warmth to open it.

Here is an ophrys sp. which I had thought had aborted but it decided to open. Cannot identify it as anything specific so calling it Ophyrs fuciflora.