Terrestrial Orchids 2018

[aldo]

Cynorkis fastigiata

[Pauli]

Habenaria season starts: H. medusae . Always in my office, never below 20C. Easy to grow if neglected in winter......

[Tim Harberd]

Butterfly Orchids

Apologies…. I meant to post these photos ages ago…..

I’ve been wandering up & down Wharfedale for half a century now… and never seen these fellows before.

One evening in late June I rolled out of a pub with my brother & Co.. We wandered back to his holiday accommodation in falling light… and there they were.

Everyone else was keen to get home. I would have stayed longer… but as it was… a SIGNIFICANT number of horseflies were killed in the taking of these photos!!!!!

Tim DH

[ian mcdonald]

Tim, they look like greater butterfly orchids.

[Ian]

Nice Dacts Tony!


Some orchids from earlier this month:
Thelymitra glaucophylla Royal Blue -It’s about 6 weeks behind the other Oz orchids.

Calanthe brevicornu

Amitostigma gonggashanicum

Amitostigma simplex

Hemipilia flabellata -The flowers are like wee angels whilst the single leaf is also quite attractive.

Hi Steve,
Where did you get Thelymitra?.
I want to buy some tubers

[Steve Garvie]

Hi Ian,

I got my plants from Dr. Heinrich Beyrle. He offers an extensive range of species and hybrids. I’m not sure if he will ship out of the E.U. as this may involve CITES paperwork. You can contact him through his website: http://www.myorchids.de/main1.htm