Cryptostylis erecta

[Gongora]

I have posted a few pictures of some Ozzy Native terestrial in the past, well this guy is a favorite

and with its polinator

[Tindomul]

Wow!!! Nice picture!! Where is the style on this one?

[Mahon]

Very nice! This genus, along with Rhizanthella and Corybas, are my a few of my Aus. favs! Thanks!

-Pat

[Milda]

Thanks for posting! I am impressed! For how long did you sit still and wait for the polinator?

Milda

[Gongora]

Cryptostylis Emit pheromones that attract the male wasp(Harmless),this leads him to believe that he is going to get lucky. This must be intensely strong as the only time I ever see these wasps are when the Cryptostylis are in flower consequently when the flowers are open the wasps are every where.

[Wendy]

So cool. Thank you!

[columbianwolf]

I have a cryptostylis javanica that we took an award on last year. Have been looking for other cryptostylis but can not seem to find any for sale.Any suggestions?

Originally Posted by Gongora

I have posted a few pictures of some Ozzy Native terestrial in the past, well this guy is a favorite
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and with its polinator
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[Bloomin_Aussie]

I'm not sure how widespread the Cryptostylis genus is, but I know that in Australia we have several species. There are 4 in my general area - leptochila, erecta, subulata and hunteriana which is a saprophyte. Another species is ovata which I believe grows in the West.

There are however a lot of restrictions on selling native orchids so I think due to the small amount of supply it is unlikely you will be able to get any Australian plants over your side of the world.

I think there are a few species from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia which may be more easily sourced? I assume your javanica is from that region.

[Andrew]

Originally Posted by Bloomin_Aussie

There are however a lot of restrictions on selling native orchids so I think due to the small amount of supply it is unlikely you will be able to get any Australian plants over your side of the world.

The restrictions apply for wild collecting native orchids in Australia. The main thing limiting the ability to sell Australian terrestrials is the difficulty in maintaining commercial volumes in an economically feasible manner.

You are correct that Australian Cryptostylis are difficult to source commercially. I don't know of anyone selling the Australian Cryptostylis species and most plants are sourced from private growers. The problem with these species is that they don't produce tubers, so they don't get listed distributed by tber banks etc, and the Australian Cryptostylis species resent root disturbance, so people are reluctant to divide plants or send them bare root through the post.

[Bloomin_Aussie]

Yes, I thought that was probably the case. So do you grow them yourself? I assume that if the plants do not readily divide themselves that the colonies found in the wild come about from germination of seeds?

Perhaps that would be one way to share them around although I'm sure they are more difficult to raise that way than the average genus.