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rbarata 04-24-2021 08:23 AM

Bletilla striata var alba
 
Some crappy photos:rofl:

https://i.postimg.cc/mcXb0fqj/20210424-131921.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/v1HYqHPD/20210424-131756.jpg

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fiddler 04-24-2021 10:23 AM

Yours look really nice. I have some growing in the garden that just sort of survive, but are not really doing great. Maybe I will dig them up and pot them like yours.

rbarata 04-24-2021 10:27 AM

You should prevent the dormant bulbs to get watered...in a garden it might be difficult.
If you put one or two bulbs in a pot, it will grow like weeds.

Roberta 04-24-2021 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by fiddler (Post 956526)
Yours look really nice. I have some growing in the garden that just sort of survive, but are not really doing great. Maybe I will dig them up and pot them like yours.

Interesting... I have most in pots, but I put one batch (generic pink ones) in the ground. The ones in the ground have done much better - spread out more each year. I started the plant in some good potting soil in a hole, and it has spread far beyond that, into my very horrid heavy clay soil. (and they get watered in the winter when they are dormant) Fiddler, first Welcome! Where do you live?

sbrofio 04-25-2021 12:54 PM

Wonderful color pattern! Mine is totally white!

Roberta 04-25-2021 01:35 PM

White and hot pink are the color forms most often seen, I just got a coerulea.. it needs to do some growing to become impressive, but another very nice variation on the theme. And Bletilla ochracea is a gorgeous yellow, closely related, same conditions. A wonderful group of terrestrials - among the few that can grow in the garden in many locations.

estación seca 04-25-2021 01:42 PM

Those of you with access to the Missouri Botanical Garden, known there as Shaw's Garden - there is a beautiful planting of the normal form of this in the ground around the pavilion in the Chinese garden.

neophyte 04-25-2021 03:21 PM

Cool photos; you can really tell they're related to Coelogynes... :)

I have been looking for a nice ochracea for a while but it seems there aren't a lot for sale. The only one I found with good flower form was bred to have a pink tint, which sort of defeats the whole novelty of a yellow Bletilla.

Kruger 04-29-2021 03:32 AM

Your photo's aren't crappy! They are good. Nice flowers.


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