Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum

Specific Families and Genera => Pleione and Orchidaceae => Topic started by: Lukas H on April 29, 2011, 08:19:56 PM

Title: Bletilla 2011
Post by: Lukas H on April 29, 2011, 08:19:56 PM

Hello everybody which is in love with the genus Bletilla.

I start this topic as my first striata has opened this week. Hope that you post as well as I do a lot of flowering Bletilla. An easy to grow orchid which does not only contain a single species called striata...

Greetings from Switzerland

Title: Re: Bletilla 2011
Post by: Maren on April 30, 2011, 08:52:25 AM

Nice pictures, Lukas, mine are just a little behind. Pictures soon. :)

Title: Re: Bletilla 2011
Post by: Jan Methorst on May 21, 2011, 05:33:54 PM

Hello Lukas,

A few striata's  which have been grown in the greenhouse

jan

Title: Re: Bletilla 2011
Post by: Lukas H on May 24, 2011, 07:18:16 PM

Dear Jan,

Bletilla striata is an orchid which also grows well outside in a raised bed. Its always later and a bit shorter, but always as lovely as the ones which I grow ander glass during the winter.

Here are some more pictures. More species will follow when they are in flower.

Cheers

Title: Re: Bletilla 2011
Post by: Tony Willis on August 11, 2011, 10:01:18 AM

Bletilla ochracea in flower for the first time with me.Very different from the one shown by Lucas

Title: Re: Bletilla 2011
Post by: Maren on August 11, 2011, 10:43:12 PM

Hello Tony,

very nice flower and, you are right, it is quite different from the earlier one. The one from Lucas reminds me of Pleione maculata, and yours of Pleione humilis, if that makes sense to anyone.

Title: Re: Bletilla 2011
Post by: Jeff Hutchings on August 31, 2011, 07:39:51 PM

Hi Tony,

I now have 14 different clones of B ochracea and there are distinct differences in all of them.

Jeff

Title: Re: Bletilla 2011
Post by: Tony Willis on August 31, 2011, 11:29:05 PM

Jeff

I see different forms are offered.I did look at various photographs on the web when it first flowered and noticed this. I actually got five pieces but only one flowered and so I do not know yet if they are different clones and will vary.