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Author Topic: Terrestrial orchids 2011 to 2014  (Read 73263 times)

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Re: Terrestrial orchids 2011 to 2014
« Reply #225 on: August 08, 2012, 01:39:53 PM »
My Spiranthes sinensis v. alba "Lucille" has finally flowered  ;D
Not as distinctive as the typical form, a sort of quiet elegance, if you have good eyesight. 8)
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Re: Terrestrial orchids 2011 to 2014
« Reply #226 on: August 08, 2012, 04:11:35 PM »
Fred at least you can see the flowers on yours.
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Re: Terrestrial orchids 2011 to 2014
« Reply #227 on: August 08, 2012, 04:21:40 PM »
I'm just grateful for a combination of the forum and digital photography, or most of us would never be seeing anything of these plants. Thanks, Guys!
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Re: Terrestrial orchids 2011 to 2014
« Reply #228 on: August 08, 2012, 04:25:52 PM »
I was just about to say the same thing Maggi,  ;D.
I hope growers of these small flowered species ( of anything ) never give up posting because they don't get many hits! :( I for one am astonished at seeing these plants and feel very privileged to do so. 8) 8)
Its well worth enlarging the thumbnail of that Spiranthes just to see the almost crystalline nature of the lip, :o

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Re: Terrestrial orchids 2011 to 2014
« Reply #229 on: August 08, 2012, 07:25:08 PM »
............Verdict from Mrs W. throw it in the bin it is an embarrassment!

Fred at least you can see the flowers on yours.

I have a very handy bin just here Tony  ;D
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Re: Terrestrial orchids 2011 to 2014
« Reply #230 on: August 08, 2012, 11:43:38 PM »
Tony,
that Spiranthes sinensis is phantastic. Such a treasure and not that easy to grow. Well done. Buy your wife a hat. ;) ;) ;)
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Re: Terrestrial orchids 2011 to 2014
« Reply #231 on: August 09, 2012, 07:33:19 PM »
Spiranthes sp. pollinated by various 'bee' sp.  ;D ;D An awful lot of research regarding this has been published and is freely available. Google Scholar will provide for interested parties. ;D ;D

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Re: Terrestrial orchids 2011 to 2014
« Reply #232 on: August 10, 2012, 08:56:45 AM »
I second the opinion that Magi's orchid is D. fuchsii, based on the lip.

I have had no success with Epipactis gigantea - think the slugs are to complain. They finished the plant at once when it emerged the first time. Hadn't any chance to establish itself  :'(

Spiranthes is a nice genus. It's a pity they're almost impossible to buy in Norway - like all kinds of garden Orchid.

Here are two of the smaller orchid I've seen this summer: Listera cordata and Coeleglossum viride.
Trond Hoy, gardening on the rainy west coast of Norway.

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Re: Terrestrial orchids 2011 to 2014
« Reply #233 on: August 20, 2012, 09:33:36 AM »
A tiny one flowering for me now. Lovely leaves

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Re: Terrestrial orchids 2011 to 2014
« Reply #234 on: August 20, 2012, 08:00:06 PM »
I love all these little things  :D Well done to make them flowering  ::)
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Re: Terrestrial orchids 2011 to 2014
« Reply #235 on: August 29, 2012, 07:05:33 PM »
Last flowering garden(for this year ;)) orchid in my garden Calanthe reflexa

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Re: Terrestrial orchids 2011 to 2014
« Reply #236 on: August 30, 2012, 02:24:59 PM »
Hello Sarmienta,

my Calanthe reflexa is flowering in the cool greenhouse (not so cool at this time of year). I see you grow yours in the garden. Do you leave it there all year round and do you protect it in the winter? :)
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Re: Terrestrial orchids 2011 to 2014
« Reply #237 on: August 30, 2012, 03:59:10 PM »
Hello Maren

Its the first time flowering ,but i have it for 2 winters in my garden with a little protection .

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Re: Terrestrial orchids 2011 to 2014
« Reply #238 on: August 31, 2012, 07:38:14 AM »
Hello Sarmienta,

beautiful orchid and well cultivated - congratulations!
Calanthe is hardy down to -15°C without protection, nevertheless I fairly doubt, that exposing this beauty to such harsh conditions is a good idea. Mine here in Vienna never flowered. Instead it was killed after three years in a really cold winter, when temperatures dropped down to -17°C and -18°C in two subsequent nights.
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Re: Terrestrial orchids 2011 to 2014
« Reply #239 on: August 31, 2012, 09:30:53 AM »
Hello Winwen,

I am sure that some Calanthes are quite hardy but not all - they grow in cold to warm climates and it is not always easy to know exactly where they fit. The literature can be helpful but I have found by experience (and loss) that it is safer to grow them just a little warmer than the book says.
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