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General Subjects => Plants Wanted Or For Exchange => Topic started by: winwen on September 15, 2007, 11:11:38 PM

Title: Dactylorhiza fuchsii ssp. o'kellyi
Post by: winwen on September 15, 2007, 11:11:38 PM: Hello,

does anyone here know where to get this scented beauty?
I would love to cultivate it in my garden - together with other Dactylorhizas from the D. maculata-family.

Thanks in advance!
Erwin
Title: Re: Dactylorhiza fuchsii ssp. o'kellyi
Post by: Michael J Campbell on September 16, 2007, 08:21:15 PM: Dactylorhiza fuchsii ssp. o'kellyi grows on the Burren about 30klms from where I live in the west of Ireland, but it is a protected species and we are not now allowed to collect it.
Title: Re: Dactylorhiza fuchsii ssp. o'kellyi
Post by: winwen on September 17, 2007, 08:20:02 AM: I dont want to dig it out from where it grows in nature!
I'm just looking for someone who already cultivates it legally.
I would like to buy or trade.
Title: Re: Dactylorhiza fuchsii ssp. o'kellyi
Post by: mark smyth on November 19, 2009, 09:53:52 PM: Only just saw this. I have o'kellyi.
Title: Re: Dactylorhiza fuchsii ssp. o'kellyi
Post by: Michael J Campbell on November 19, 2009, 09:59:27 PM: Mark,have you a tuber to spare.
Title: Re: Dactylorhiza fuchsii ssp. o'kellyi
Post by: mark smyth on November 19, 2009, 10:45:08 PM: Michael can you wait until next summer? Their roots will be very long now and probablt tangled but if you need it bad ......
Title: Re: Dactylorhiza fuchsii ssp. o'kellyi
Post by: winwen on December 03, 2009, 08:28:05 AM: Hello Mark,
I just saw your reply today!
That's great! Since I was luckier with seeds than with tubers, I would like to ask you if it would be possible to get seeds from your O'Kellyi-Dacties? If you need advice about how to fertilize the flowers, I can help you with a short brochure containing instructions about how to do this.
Kind regards
Erwin
Title: Re: Dactylorhiza fuchsii ssp. o'kellyi
Post by: mark smyth on December 03, 2009, 10:03:56 AM: You can have seeds OK. Can the brochure be emailed?
Title: Re: Dactylorhiza fuchsii ssp. o'kellyi
Post by: winwen on December 03, 2009, 03:22:16 PM: Hello Mark,

yes, it can be mailed! If your mailaddress (mark@marksgardenplants.com) is correct, I will send it to you!

Kind regards
Erwin
Title: Re: Dactylorhiza fuchsii ssp. o'kellyi
Post by: mark smyth on December 03, 2009, 05:23:54 PM: yes that's it
Title: Re: Dactylorhiza fuchsii ssp. o'kellyi
Post by: Maren on December 31, 2009, 11:37:29 PM: Oh Mark,

if you could spare some seed of Dact fuchsii v. O'Kellyi, I would be over the moon. I was promised some seedpods when I last visited Ireland and went on the annual field trip of the Irish Orchid Society to the Burren. But they never materialised, an oversight, I am sure.

If you can spare some seed, I have a good man who knows how to germinate/flask them. If you are concerned about my being "trade", I have no intention of selling them on, but would love to have some for my private collection.