Dactylorhizas 2012

[mark smyth]

Some more photos of elata x majalis, 'Harold Esslemont' and a lovely seedling.

[fredg]

These little fellows keep popping up in the greenhouse.
My current thinking is that they're a Dactylorhiza foliosa hybrid.

[daveyp1970]

Fred very nice hybrid.

[mark smyth]

very desirable

[TC]

Acouple of orchid pictures fro Logan gardens today

[Roma]

Tom, when I visited Logan in 1983 ( I remember the year because I bought Melita, my Fell pony near Dunlop) I saw a clump of a large Dactylorhyza which was the usual purple but with a completely white lip.  Do you know if it is still there?

[mark smyth]

Tom they look very like 'Harold Esslemont'

[mark smyth]

Have to show you more photos of my frilly flowered seedling

[Brian Ellis]

It is delightful Mark, and such a pretty colour too.

[TC]

Roma
That was almost 30 years ago!  There are a few other clumps about but I did not look too closely.  The garden has been radically reworked since that time with extensive removals of old shrubs and new beds installed

[ronm]

My only contribution to this topic this year. I know its nothing special ( probably hybrid ) but we like its subtle pale pink colour. Snuggles in nice amongst all the green, 

[Maren]

That's pretty.

[Claire Cockcroft]

Here are a couple of the last dactylorhizas to bloom: first D. maculata and second an interesting hybrid, white with dark markings.

[Maren]

Hi Claire,

I love that white one with purple markings. Is it yours?

[Claire Cockcroft]

Yes, the white one with purple markings is a spontaneous hybrid, like most in my garden.  It probably is a cross between D. maculata and D. fuchsii, though D. majalis is not that far away and the bees love all the dactylorhizas.