Dactylorhiza 2013

[mark smyth]

An ordinary D. fuchsii .

Very nice Kris

[K Andrzejewski]

Not content with appearing all over my garden and especially in pots, Dactylorhiza purpurella has escaped into a boggy patch in my ponies' field.

- I can take 2-3 with pleasure to make You more happy
Kristof

[goofy]

hello friends,
just enjoy two of my few Dactylorhizas.

Dactylorhiza maculata ssp.transsilvanica


and a little bit "crippled" flowerstem.
(see the 3-lobed lip of the true fuchsii)

Dactylorhiza fuchsii var. alba


cheers

[deplantspecialist]

Very nice pictures, Goofy!

[gote]

I do not follow all threads so I may have missed a discussion.
The flower stem of two of my Dactylorhiza fuchsii suddenly bent over just below the flowers. With the help of a scalpel and a low power microscope I found a small white grub: white, 0.5mm thick 6mm long. (I could have shortened it by mistake) It was eating itself through the center of the stem.
Comments anyone??
Göte

[goofy]

hello Göte,
interesting observation.
but not so nice fact........

I never had something like this,
so unfortunately I cannot be of any help.
maybe anybody else?

hope that your other plants are "clean".

cheers
Dieter

[goofy]

hello friends,
some years ago I received this as Dact. elata seedling.

now when it flowers, it is not elata,
but seems to be of hybrid origin, with nice deep color.

Dactylorhiza (elata X foliosa) ?


enjoy