Dactylorhiza incarnata

[mark smyth]

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

[Maren]

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?

[mark smyth]

It's a secret

[mark smyth]

A simple Canon 900ti point and shoot set on auto everything

[Maren]

Oh Mark,
you must have very steady hands!!!

[mark smyth]

all my photos are hand held

[Mavers]

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.

[daveyp1970]

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.

[mark smyth]

Davey, yes it does except this orchid arrived by itself. It appeared in one of my crevice troughs. Dactylorhiza praetermissa isnt found over here

[mark smyth]

Does anyone have any views about the length of the bracts

[mark smyth]

self sown 1

[mark smyth]

self sown 2

[Chuck]

These are beautiful plants. I never grew them. Do they need more boggy conditions?

[Neil]

Chuck they need to be get damp to survive.

[mark smyth]

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.