Slightly OT Serapias
johngrimshaw@tiscali.co.uk (Sat, 18 Jun 2005 08:50:11 PDT)
Serapias lingua is happy outdoors in the UK and soon forms a small colony.
It is a typical Mediterranean orchid, producing leaves in autumn and
remaining green until it flowers in late spring, then going dormant until it
rains again. Not an ideal formula for the Mid-west but it is probably worth
trying a few of the tubers outside.
John Grimshaw
Dr John M. Grimshaw
Garden Manager, Colesbourne Gardens
Sycamore Cottage
Colesbourne
Nr Cheltenham
Gloucestershire GL53 9NP
Website: http://www.colesbournegardens.org.uk/
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Waddick" <jwaddick@kc.rr.com>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 4:17 PM
Subject: [pbs] Slightly OT Serapias
Dear Friends;
I just unpotted a Serapias lingua from Fausto Cen and found
about a dozen 'bulbs'- small sausage shaped pseudobulbs with a
pointed end still showing a 'string' of fiber from this year's growth.
Does anyone have experience growing this terrestrial orchid outdoors?
It is Mediterranean and I wonder if I keep it dry will it
grow outdoors?
It has survived in my unheated cold frame over winter.
Help? Jim W.
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Dr. James W. Waddick
8871 NW Brostrom Rd.
Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711
USA
Ph. 816-746-1949
Zone 5 Record low -23F
Summer 100F +
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