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Dactylorhiza fuchsii

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Bjarne:
Elder-flowered Orchid, Dactylorhiza_sambucina from Telemark, Norway. In Norway only the yellow form exist.
   

KentGardener:
Bjarne, that yellow flowered form really is beautiful.  Is it completely hardy?

If you want to do any swaps with my pink / purple forms in 2007 please let me know.

cheers

John

David Shaw:
A few years ago I had occaision to (legally) rescue some ?Northern Marsh Orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella from the proposed extension of a working quarry. They were growing through limestone cobbles but, beneath, the roots were in running water. I distributed some and put others in the garden in what qualifies as the wetter parts of a dry garden in a relativly dry area of Scotland. Most of them survived and then a couple of years ago was delighted to find that they had started to self seed around. More wonderful 'weeds' to appreciate.

My other Scottish special is a Gymnadenia sp.(Fragrent Orchid) liberated from what later became an RSPB reserve in Strathspey. They have done well in the open garden. No, I know better than to nick plants from the wild like that now even though the meadow was full of them :-[.

Bjarne:

--- Quote from: KentGardener on December 07, 2006, 06:34:49 PM ---Bjarne, that yellow flowered form really is beautiful.  Is it completely hardy?

If you want to do any swaps with my pink / purple forms in 2007 please let me know.

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Yes it is beautiful. I have no Dactylorhiza sambucina in my garden, so I can not swap, sorry  I found the plant in a slope. I think it was hundred of them.

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