Dactylorhizas 2012

[daveyp1970]

I am with Maggie and i have to say it's fantastic that a group of hardy orchids has become so 'mainstream'.

[SteveC2]

Here's some photos quickly taken to support my earlier comment.
dactdoubling one shows my "Blackthorn hybrid".  Purchased in 2007 as a single tuber, 2008=2, 2009=4, 2010=8, 2011=16, now in two big pots, and I fully expect to have 32 for next year.  In the foreground are D. umbrosa, in it's second year with me, three tubers, one flowering size two smaller ones.  The singleton is my "true foliosa" which behaves more like a southern european dact producing one tuber each year and is I suppose a case for the summer division.
dactdoubling two shows two hybrids, in their third and fourth years respectively, happily bulking up.
dact doubling three much the same.  The singletons are either new plants or seedlings extracted from the hostas.
(Please forgive the state of the hostas.  Usually it's so dry here that the slugs don't come onto the slabs.  Since April they've pretty much been able to swim across them.)

[daveyp1970]

Here's some photos quickly taken to support my earlier comment.
dactdoubling one shows my "Blackthorn hybrid".  Purchased in 2007 as a single tuber, 2008=2, 2009=4, 2010=8, 2011=16, now in two big pots, and I fully expect to have 32 for next year.  In the foreground are D. umbrosa, in it's second year with me, three tubers, one flowering size two smaller ones.  The singleton is my "true foliosa" which behaves more like a southern european dact producing one tuber each year and is I suppose a case for the summer division.
dactdoubling two shows two hybrids, in their third and fourth years respectively, happily bulking up.
dact doubling three much the same.  The singletons are either new plants or seedlings extracted from the hostas.
(Please forgive the state of the hostas.  Usually it's so dry here that the slugs don't come onto the slabs.  Since April they've pretty much been able to swim across them.)

Steve i agree Dacts do vegatively multiply under there own steam but i think Mark was just trying to get a bigger clump as possible as quick as he can.
In the wild you don't often(well i haven't)seen very big natural clumps more often single growth plants,i have seen clumps with 10 spikes but that was very rare,it would be interesting to think what others say about this.

[mark smyth]

Many of my favourites in the garden have always been single plants.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

A tremendous reminder of last year's visit of our much admired Bulb despot:

Dact. "Eskimo Nell"

 

[mark smyth]

Now that was a great gift

[fredg]

A small selection of the Dactylorhiza in flower at the moment.

[daveyp1970]

Fred theres some stunning forms there,how as your alba done this year?

[Graham Catlow]

I must look for some pale coloured forms. There are some really lovely ones being shown here. I tend to grow bold coloured flowers but these paler Dacts. could be the exception.

Flowering at the moment.
D. foliosa
D. foliosa group
D. 'Harold Esslemont'

[wooden shoe]

In a field less then a kilometer from my house it's purple from the Dactylorhiza majalis now. Both the form without spotted leaves and the form with spots grow in abundancy together. Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. praetermissa and Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. praetermissa var. junialis for whatever those names may be worthwhile. Both are welcome intruders in my garden too, but I have too wait a while before my garden looks like this.

[Maggi Young]

I really enjoy seeing all these Dacts.

 Just a note : the late, great Scottish grower was Harold Esslemont   .... most folks seem to spell the Dact as Esselmont ... it should be D. 'Harold Esslemont'

[mark smyth]

yes Miss.

Is it foliosa?

[mark smyth]

In the sun shine yesterday I was able to get good close shots of my frilly edged Dactylorhiza ?fuchsii

[Graham Catlow]

I really enjoy seeing all these Dacts.

 Just a note : the late, great Scottish grower was Harold Esslemont   .... most folks seem to spell the Dact as Esselmont ... it should be D. 'Harold Esslemont'

Thanks Maggi.
I have changed it now. I nearly looked it up to see how to spell it but decided there could only be one way. How wrong was I
Have spelt if very wrong in the photo file name. Can I change that without reposting?

[Maggi Young]

yes Miss.

Is it foliosa?

You may call me  "Madam"   
 I think it is a foliosa hybrid.