Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Specific Families and Genera => Pleione and Orchidaceae => Topic started by: mark smyth on August 01, 2014, 11:51:53 AM
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Does anyone know how I should look after Dactylorhiza saccifera now they have gone dormant?
The white one isn't as white as supplied and has pink streaks on the lip but these fade after a few days in sun light
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tip it out and take off the old tuber. Repot the new one(s) and keep it moist. It makes new roots immediately
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Thanks. So don't let them dry out?
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Mark
Just don't know let them dry out just keep the soil moist.
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OK
As a reminder these, one pink and 3 white, came from Greece and arrived in a terrible state. All their 'fingers' were broken off and rot had set in. I got a refund. I cut off all black which left very little and basically just the 'hand' of the tubers. I let them dry out for a while and potted them. I was amazed to see noses appear in late winter. The pink and two whites flowered. I repotted them this afternoon. The pink one made an OK new tuber but the white ones have made very large tubers with roots already reaching the bottom of the pot they are in
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Very happy to see green noses above soil level today