Orchis and Ophrys

[tonyw]

A couple in flower at the moment

Orchis papilionacea the butterfly orchid

Orphys tendthredinithera

 

[NYEric]

Very nice. You know that they are very hard to get here, right?

 

[likespaphs]

i've really been taken by Ophrys lately
so very lovely!

 

[tonyw]

Very nice. You know that they are very hard to get here, right?

Yes I do know but you do have some wonderful terrestrials of your own which are equally hard to get over here.Life can be very frustrating.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Nice Tony. My O. tendthredinithera is flowering in perfect sync with yours now.

Speaking of hard to get, I saw a number of really cool miniature orchids in Sichuan this year that are just as difficult to source - indeed frustrating for growers of them since many of them would no doubt be easy to flask.

 

[Dido]

great once congrtas on them

 

[JeanLux]

Esp. the Ophrys is a small beauty!!!! Jean

 

[SlipperFan]

Cool flowers.

 

[tonyw]

Ophrys spegodes from Greece

 

[NYEric]

So jealous!

 

[tonyw]

Some more in flower now

Orchis anatolica
Orchis pauciflora
Ophrys speculum
Ophrys sp possible a spegodes

 

[TDT]

Wonderful!

 

[goldenrose]

So jealous!

You're not alone! Love 'em!

 

[NYEric]

Thanks for sharing. The Orchis are nice; but the imitators!!! :drool:

 

[SlipperFan]

Strangely cool flowers!