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Title: Calopogon tuberosus
Post by: WimB on August 03, 2008, 08:36:32 AM: I'm looking for Calopogon tuberosus (pink or white form). Does anyone know where I can get them?
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Post by: shelagh on August 03, 2008, 01:46:31 PM: Wim it never ceases to amaze me how lttle I know. I've never heard of Calpogon let alone C. tuberosus. Does anyone have any pictures for a bulbously challenged person like myself?
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Post by: Maggi Young on August 03, 2008, 01:53:08 PM: Shelagh, try one of the orchid sites...... it's a cute pink thing, with its flowers the right way up... or the wrong way up, if you think in orchid terms!! :-\
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Post by: Maggi Young on August 03, 2008, 03:03:40 PM: photolink : http://www.orchidspecies.com/orphotdir/colopogontuberosus.jpg
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Post by: WimB on August 03, 2008, 04:14:38 PM: There's a good picture of them here (the second post from below):

http://icps.proboards105.com/index.cgi?board=outdoor&action=display&thread=1171
Title: Re: Calopogon tuberosus
Post by: derekb on August 03, 2008, 04:55:32 PM: Wim try Hayleys Hardy Orchids on E BAY thats where mine came from, not sure if she still has any will ask her later and let you know.

Derek
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Post by: Maggi Young on August 03, 2008, 05:23:53 PM: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/hayleys-orchids is the link
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Post by: shelagh on August 04, 2008, 04:18:50 PM: Thanks Maggi, the link gave a super picture and you're right it does look a bit upside down. Gorgeous colour though.
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Post by: WimB on August 07, 2008, 10:26:41 AM: She doesn't seem to have anymore for sale...
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Post by: Tony Willis on August 07, 2008, 01:57:01 PM: I swapped some ramonda seed for seed of C.pallidus last year and have sown it in another orchid pot in the hope that it will germinate and grow on. Lovely plants from Florida which seems to be rich in orchids. No signs yet!
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Post by: Carlo on August 12, 2008, 06:15:36 PM: Both pink and white forms are successful here...though I haven't had them long and they are still building up.
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Post by: Craig on August 13, 2008, 09:41:26 AM: Got mine from the nice lady at Pazuzu. I think they do mail order (but also attend a number of the big orchid shows in the UK)
http://www.extremeflora.eu/shop/shop/USER_ARTIKEL_HANDLING_AUFRUF.php?darstellen=1&Kategorie_ID=17&PEPPERSESS=950c6d138287d38244dc44bfc8783608&kat_last=17&kat_aktiv=17
I could only afford a pink one! If anyone has a white one they'd be interested in traiding........
Title: Re: Calopogon tuberosus
Post by: WimB on August 13, 2008, 05:45:37 PM: Thanks for the message Craig,

I ordered one pink Calopogon. The white one is a bit expensive ;) indeed.
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Post by: Gerhard Raschun on September 13, 2008, 09:48:04 PM: I can offer a small number of Calopogon tuberosus too.

I grow many plants in my swamp in the garden.They grow together with a lot of Sarracenia sp. and other Orchids.

They increase well by seeds and flower for the first time two years after sowing.
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Post by: Gerhard Raschun on September 13, 2008, 09:53:04 PM: I have forgotten to ask: ::)

Is there a grower who grews white Calopogon tuberosus and white Pogonia ophioglossoides ?, I`d like to change and would offer for example white Pogonia japonica !
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Post by: derekb on September 18, 2008, 06:50:21 PM: Quote from: WimB on August 07, 2008, 10:26:41 AM
She doesn't seem to have anymore for sale...
Wim Hayley told me today she is going to list 1 Calapogon on her site on Ebay.

Derek
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Post by: WimB on September 18, 2008, 07:26:44 PM: Hello Derek, I've bought one already.

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Thanks for the message Craig,

I ordered one pink Calopogon. The white one is a bit expensive ;) indeed.

Thanks

Wim
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Post by: gote on November 04, 2008, 11:39:38 AM: Gerhard,
Where do you live (or rather garden)?
Göte
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Post by: Gerhard Raschun on November 10, 2008, 05:35:36 PM: Dear Göte,

I´m from the South of Austria, near the border to Slovenia,

but the pict is from a part of my garden.

Mayby it looks like a swamp in USA ?
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Post by: gote on November 10, 2008, 07:07:55 PM: Dear gerhard,
I have been toying with the thougt to make a bog garden for years (Half a century actually :-[ ) and I once tried pogonia in a greenhouse but it only survivred a year.
Your picture is very inspiring So my question is really: How cold winters do you get?
All the best
Göte
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Post by: Gerhard Raschun on November 14, 2008, 12:42:46 PM: Dear Göte,

my experiances were the same.In small pots orchids (Pogonia, Calopogon) never flower and never grew bigger.
My swamp is 10 years old, 4x 2 m² and 60cm deep with 6m³ peat.I have started with 3 Pogonia and 1 Calopogon.Now there are hundrets of Pogonia and many Calopogon inside.

I would like encourage you to biuld a swamp in your garden, as greater as better.You need a sonny place and a lot of rainwater.

In the first years i have lost a few Sarracenias in winter, especially S. minor and S. psittacina are susceptible to froozen temeratures.Here in clima zone 6b I cover the swamp with a "Frost protective cloth" (Is it the right word ?).With this pretection I have never lost a plant, and semihardy plants like Drosera binata, Drosera filliformis stay in the swamp while winter.

In my opinion the greatest point is to protect against wind (dehydration),It`s more important then protect against froozen temperatures.
Title: Re: Calopogon tuberosus
Post by: Maggi Young on November 14, 2008, 02:57:08 PM: Well, by this beautiful photograph, I think we can be sure the Calopogon are enjoying life in Southern Austria! 8) What a good display!