Terrestrial orchids 2011 to 2014

[Darren]

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.

Tony - my plants of that particular one are still not quite ready to open yet anyway. But they do need a fair bit of warmth to open and the last few cool weeks have been a challenge for them!

[Alex]

Definitely one of the fuciflora complex at least...

[YT]

Hello, some Amitostigma Keiskei variations blooming now

[fredg]

Popped along to one of the local sites today.
The Dactylorhiza fuchsii are about at the stage I would expect, a couple of weeks or so behind the ones I have potted in the greenhouse.
However, what surprised me is that the Twayblades, Listera ovata, are about a week in front of my potted ones 

[Sam]

Tatsuo, your amitostigma are beautifull, congratulations

[Tony Willis]

Popped along to one of the local sites today.
The Dactylorhiza fuchsii are about at the stage I would expect, a couple of weeks or so behind the ones I have potted in the greenhouse.
However, what surprised me is that the Twayblades, Listera ovata, are about a week in front of my potted ones 

Fred my naturalised ones in the garden are at about the stage you have shown but I posted my potted one in flower on the 19 th April. I see in 2011 they were in flower at that same time, 2008 in May and 2009,2010 in June.

[fredg]

Fred my naturalised ones in the garden are at about the stage you have shown but I posted my potted one in flower on the 19 th April. I see in 2011 they were in flower at that same time, 2008 in May and 2009,2010 in June.

Most of your hardy orchids appear to be a lot earlier than mine Tony, do you heat at all over winter?

I have given my Twayblades a good talking to, they get a move on or they're outside next winter  .
That should help.

[Tony Willis]

Most of your hardy orchids appear to be a lot earlier than mine Tony, do you heat at all over winter?

I have given my Twayblades a good talking to, they get a move on or they're outside next winter  .
That should help.

Heat for the plants,we don't even heat ourselves!

Only the ophrys are kept just frost free at the roots the rest just sit it out whatever comes.

[fredg]

Another three just starting to flower, only one or two open flowers on each inflorescence so it's close up time (again).

1       Anacamptis coriophora ssp. fragrance
2 & 3 Platanthera chlorantha
4       Ophrys apifera

[Hoy]

While you show all the gems I'll keep to the everyday Orchis mascula

When I was a kid the woods here were filled with this orchid. The pastures were grazed by cows. Now they are grazed by sheep and they take all the orchid leaves in summer so this species has almost disappeared. Only a few specimens are to be found now.

[Tony Willis]

I got this as Orchis wardii but it does not seem to agree with any pictures of that species on the web.

It is about 12 cms high

[Neil]

Not sure what that is Tony



Anacamptis pyramidalis just starting to open.

[Juanba]

Hi all:

Here is my Bletia purpurea flowering today.

enjoy

Juanba 

[Maren]

Hello Juanba,
your Bletia is very pretty.

[pehe]

Flowering today:

Dactylorhiza majalis
Orchis purpurea

Poul