Slightly OT Serapias
Alberto Castillo (Mon, 20 Jun 2005 07:50:50 PDT)

"I am willing to sacrifice a few pseudobulbs outside if I can give

Hi Jim:
Sacrifice you will, for although the plants' foliage is quite hardy
the tubers aren't . Years ago I lost a great collection of Ophrys, Barlia,
Serapias, Dactylorhiza et al. to an unexpected hard frost as my plants were
in exposed pots on a bench. I had taken them for granted. Something of
interest about these gems is that pictures are deceiving. Despite their
great attractive the flowers are really minute. When one see images of them
they look as if they were Disas or Cattleyas in size.
Regards
Alberto

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