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Specific Families and Genera => Pleione and Orchidaceae => Topic started by: mark smyth on May 27, 2012, 10:35:54 PM

Title: Dactylorhiza incarnata
Post by: mark smyth on May 27, 2012, 10:35:54 PM: This plant was identified in the forum as D. incarnata. It appeared in one of my troughs several years ago. There are now plants appearing in the garden that look very similar. Can I assume they are self sown and coming true?

The first two photos show the parent plant and the third one of the seedlings. I'll take more photos tomorrow
Title: Re: Dactylorhiza incarnata
Post by: Maren on May 28, 2012, 09:06:30 AM: Hi Mark,

you take some fine photos, outstanding focus and, having been taken outside, that is an achievement. will you let us into your secret? :) :) :)
Title: Re: Dactylorhiza incarnata
Post by: mark smyth on May 28, 2012, 09:10:07 AM: It's a secret ;D
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Post by: mark smyth on May 28, 2012, 09:11:10 AM: A simple Canon 900ti point and shoot set on auto everything
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Post by: Maren on May 28, 2012, 09:26:30 AM: Oh Mark,
you must have very steady hands!!! ;)
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Post by: mark smyth on May 28, 2012, 09:52:55 AM: all my photos are hand held
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Post by: Mavers on May 28, 2012, 01:40:59 PM: I've always admired the quality of Marks photography Maren.

My Sony camera just doesn't render blues & purples accurately, so what seems spectacular & worth posting on here just doesn't cut it when uploaded.
Title: Re: Dactylorhiza incarnata
Post by: daveyp1970 on May 28, 2012, 03:08:31 PM: Quote from: mark smyth on May 27, 2012, 10:35:54 PM
This plant was identified in the forum as D. incarnata. It appeared in one of my troughs several years ago. There are now plants appearing in the garden that look very similar. Can I assume they are self sown and coming true?

The first two photos show the parent plant and the third one of the seedlings. I'll take more photos tomorrow
Mark that has the look of dactylorhiza praetermissa to me,or at least some in it's genes.
Title: Re: Dactylorhiza incarnata
Post by: mark smyth on May 28, 2012, 11:10:26 PM: Davey, yes it does except this orchid arrived by itself. It appeared in one of my crevice troughs. Dactylorhiza praetermissa isnt found over here
Title: Re: Dactylorhiza incarnata
Post by: mark smyth on May 28, 2012, 11:14:38 PM: Does anyone have any views about the length of the bracts
Title: Re: Dactylorhiza incarnata
Post by: mark smyth on May 28, 2012, 11:48:26 PM: self sown 1
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Post by: mark smyth on May 28, 2012, 11:50:17 PM: self sown 2
Title: Re: Dactylorhiza incarnata
Post by: Chuck on June 17, 2012, 05:58:44 AM: These are beautiful plants. I never grew them. Do they need more boggy conditions?
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Post by: Neil on June 17, 2012, 10:32:24 AM: Chuck they need to be get damp to survive.
Title: Re: Dactylorhiza incarnata
Post by: mark smyth on June 17, 2012, 10:50:36 AM: Quote from: mark smyth on May 28, 2012, 11:10:26 PM
Davey, yes it does except this orchid arrived by itself. It appeared in one of my crevice troughs. Dactylorhiza praetermissa isnt found over here

Something came to mind the other day. Some of us bought from or swapped with Sam Edwards who ripped us off. I looked up some of the photos of plants he supplied to me as Eskimo Nell and it's the same plant. They all had black death so were binned. I must have put a small tuber in the trough. The other must have come from seeds from Sam's plants.

Someone else has told me these plants are D. praetermissa.
Title: Re: Dactylorhiza incarnata
Post by: Neil on June 19, 2012, 12:29:14 PM: Sam Edwards >:( and I am still feeling the repercussions of that, I think I may stop growing them for a few years and see if that works.