Terrestrial orchids 2011 to 2014

[mark smyth]

After a heavy frost, which was not forecast and has taken its toll on some of ophrys.

Ophrys fusca subsp. fusca

A year on how is your O. fusca?

[K Andrzejewski]

Hi - according to the post from 05 of March 2012 (page 6)

Two forms of Orchis morio (I know its name has changed but not in my pots)

Maybe you would like to exchange one tuber of morio but from this 1 picture, not the second one - I got spare tubers of classic morio colours.

Win

I have been and had a look at the second one again and I am quite sure it is morio.

As to seed I do not do that intentionally but if they self seed I send them of to other forum members who are interested. I am propagating them with a little success by cutting of the young tuber and hoping a second one forms. Timing seems critical.

The plant on your third photo belongs to morio group, but is not a "pure" morio  - this is albino form of Anacamptis (Orchis) morio subs.caucasica. I guess - from Greece.
Rgerads -
Kristof

[Neil]

A year on how is your O. fusca?

mmm very with small two leaves and no flower

[Michael J Campbell]

Ophrys apifera

[Alessandro.marinello]

Bletilla sp. China  small flower

[Tony Willis]

orchis diantha,regrettably has to be grown in a pot

[LarsB]

One from the garden that i never thoguht would survive. Denmark is quite a few miles from the normal northern border for Orchis Coriophora. Not that it stopped me from trying, even though i did think that it was an even more unlikely candidate for survivel, Orchis antropophora. Did poorly the first year, rotted away the next, but this year it florishes and flower.

[goofy]

hello friends,
I could manage to get some species from the US Platantheras.

this is the first to flower of several

Platanthera psycodes.




NOW there is still hope also to get flowers on the
Pl. blephariglottis and Pl. ciliaris 

enjoy

[Tony Willis]

Dieter

just seen your post,very nice.

Two forms of Bletilla ochracea

[goofy]

thank you Tony 

[fredg]

Little Stenoglottis woodii has been inn flower for a few days.

[Peter Maguire]

That's a lovely pink colour Fred. Mine is much paler - and it flowered two months ago. 

[goofy]

Little Stenoglottis woodii has been inn flower for a few days.

nice flower and color,
but I think it is Stenoglottis macloughlinii instead of S. woodii.
most woodii I have seen were NO woodii.
indeed there are only slight differences
in flower color and shape and length of the spur.
most woodii are white, while the macloughlinii are "pinkish"

best to determine, if you see them side by side

most times, you can read they are the same species,
but they are growing in different places in SA,
and also wubben lists two DIFFERENT species

cheers


look here for true S. woodii
http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantqrs/stenoglotwood.htm

[SteveC2]

Spiranthes sinensis out this week.  I grow it wet with my Disas and it seems to love it.  For those not familiar with this species it's tiny, about 6 cm tall.

[Peter Maguire]

Dieter,
S. macloughlinii was a new name to me, so I looked up a few references. It appears on IPNI, although I'm not sure whether they regard it as a separate species, but Kew seem to have it listed as a synonym for S. woodii.
http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Stenoglottis

Looks like the taxonomists are hard at work confusing us poor mortals again.