Ophrys kotschyi

[Berthold]

An endemic terrestrial orchid of Cyprus

 

[Shiva]

Yeah! It's Ophrys time again. That means summer is only five months away...

 

[Berthold]

Yes, season starts in the greenhouse. The outside temperature is just dropping below -15° C due to so called "German Klimaerwärmung" which already killed about 20 people in Poland by frost.

 

[Marc]

Very nice!!!

 

[goldenrose]

:drool::drool::drool: You're killin' me!

 

[Dido]

Nice plant congrats

 

[Lanmark]

Interesting!

 

[cnycharles]

wow. european terrestrials have so much more personality compared to our north american ones

 

[jjkOC]

Very beautiful markings!

 

[SlipperFan]

Very cute bug!

 

[JeanLux]

Any tips about media/fertilizer? Jean

 

[NYEric]

Thanks for sharing. Maybe we can get some Orphys here.

 

[W. Beetus]

Stunning pattern on the lip!

 

[Berthold]

Stunning pattern on the lip!

its simulating female insects.

 

[Stone]

Nice! wish they were available here

 

[s1214215]

Nice! wish they were available here

I have seed of this species and about 20+ others. So if I can germinate them, I hope to one day have enough to offer in Australia. Fingers crossed as they are beautiful. I love Ophrys

This is lovely plant. Good growing

Brett

 

[Stone]

I have seed of this species and about 20+ others. So if I can germinate them, I hope to one day have enough to offer in Australia. Fingers crossed as they are beautiful. I love Ophrys

This is lovely plant. Good growing

Brett

Look forward to that Brett

Mike

 

[Ruth]

Love the colors!!!

 

[Berthold]

I have seed of this species and about 20+ others. So if I can germinate them, I hope to one day have enough to offer in Australia. Fingers crossed as they are beautiful. I love Ophrys

This is lovely plant. Good growing

Brett

My plants were produced symbiotically in vitro by Dr. Beyrle in Munich. But his germination fungi are not available.

But the plant is easy to germinate in vitro asymbiotically like most other Ophrys.

 

[Berthold]

Variation in Ophrys from the last years

reinholdii

straussii (subspecies of reinholdii)

lutea

speculum

tenthredinifera