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Dactylorhiza fuchsii

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admin:
Anyone grow these or any of the other Scottish  native orchids? Have seen vast stands of these on the western Scottish hills in June (and I mean VAST - 10's if not 100's of 1000's), the white forms being especially attractive. Some are very miniature and was wondering if they stayed that way once sheltered from the Scottish gales. If they could be kept compact a pan of the white form would be a great show plant

Anthony Darby:
Dactylorhiza fuchsii has turned up in my garden and is now seeding in various pots. D. purpurella grows like a weed in the front lawn of a house along the street from me, only because the owner mows round them. It also grows on the bank opposite Lecropt church between Dunblane and Bridge of Allan by the thousand. This winter there are plans to remove the encroaching scrub (hawthorn etc).

Bjarne:
Hi
Here are a picture of another white Dactylorhiza. It is Dactylorhiza maculata from southwest Norway.

KentGardener:
Hi All

I love these plants - unfortunately I don't have any new pictures that I have not already posted on the old forum.  Will try and take lots of pics when they flower in 2007.  I too find them seeding in pots - but not so much in the garden in general - I wonder why that is?.....

John

admin:
John, your pots likely have some fungul  or bacterial organism  the seeds need to germinate and grow on initially. I believe a lot of orchids require this.

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