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. > -- > 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 + > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >