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Apr 3, 2010 11:17 AM CST
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Name: Kathy
Western MA

Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Region: Northeast US Orchids Irises
Enjoys or suffers cold winters
Are they all different?
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Apr 3, 2010 11:56 AM CST
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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
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Kathy, I am now strictly talking about the Calanthes which can be ordered from Asiatica. The climate zones are listed and they differ quite a bit.
X kozu and Takane are supposed to be ok in zones 7a - 9, but can be grown in zone 5 if the area has a lot of snow cover ( to protect them) I covered mine with branches from our Christmas tree. I had planted both and they came back last Spring. I am in 6b.
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Apr 3, 2010 12:03 PM CST
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Name: Kathy
Western MA

Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Region: Northeast US Orchids Irises
Enjoys or suffers cold winters
Oh I don't think I would ever plant them since it is z4 without snow cover here. No amount of mulch would be enough if our winter was like this winter. I meant do the kozu hybrids all look different from one another?
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Apr 3, 2010 1:52 PM CST
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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
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Ohh sorry, I was wondering about your question.... Smiling
Yes, they do come in different colors
http://www.asiaticanursery.com...
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Apr 3, 2010 2:40 PM CST
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Name: Kathy
Western MA

Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Region: Northeast US Orchids Irises
Enjoys or suffers cold winters
Okay, I'm hoping for....peachy colors.
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Apr 3, 2010 5:29 PM CST
Name: Susan
Southeast NE (Zone 5b)
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All of these are so pretty. I really like the simple look of Eria coronaria, but could never pick a favorite.

Susan
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Apr 4, 2010 6:53 PM CST
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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
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Just a preview, in case my Asctm curvifolium doesn't bloom this year.

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Apr 4, 2010 6:54 PM CST
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Name: Kathy
Western MA

Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Region: Northeast US Orchids Irises
Enjoys or suffers cold winters
Gosh!
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Apr 5, 2010 7:07 AM CST
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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
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Cymbidium King Arthur 'Round Table'. The details are not as sharp as I would demand from a recent picture.
I gave the plant away as I had no room for it at the time.

picture taken in February 2000 with my first digital Camera, a Kodak.

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Apr 5, 2010 7:19 AM CST
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Name: Kathy
Western MA

Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Region: Northeast US Orchids Irises
Enjoys or suffers cold winters
My fav color combo, but I never bought it due to size. Now if I lived in CA.....
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Apr 5, 2010 7:24 AM CST
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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
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I gave it to a fellow who had just moved from CA to NJ, bringing his whole Cymbidium collection along with his other Orchids - driving overland. He adored it AND had the space for it in NJ.
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Apr 5, 2010 7:26 AM CST
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Name: Kathy
Western MA

Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Region: Northeast US Orchids Irises
Enjoys or suffers cold winters
Perfect! Hurray!
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Apr 6, 2010 8:10 AM CST
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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
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Still waiting for examples of the dueling cameras in this thread!! And of course others too!!

In the meanwhile - thinking ahead in anticipation of our Summer terrestrials - Epipactis helleborine
picture taking in August 2008,
location - in our woods at Lackawanna County NE Pennsylvania

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Apr 6, 2010 11:24 AM CST
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Name: Kathy
Western MA

Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Region: Northeast US Orchids Irises
Enjoys or suffers cold winters
Killer!! I want to find one up here!!
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Apr 6, 2010 12:26 PM CST
Name: Carol
Santa Ana, ca
Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.
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That's beautiful!
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Apr 6, 2010 12:35 PM CST
Name: Jonna
Mérida, Yucatán, México (Zone 13a)
The WITWIT Badge Region: Mexico Garden Procrastinator I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Ponds Tropicals
Enjoys or suffers hot summers Plumerias Plays in the sandbox Dog Lover Cat Lover
I really like that one. Beautiful!
A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
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Apr 7, 2010 7:03 PM CST
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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
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Thanks!!
And here is a cut-out from a Spiranthes cernua spike, also growing on slopes and ditches in NE Pennsylvania
picture taken around Labor Day

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Apr 7, 2010 7:20 PM CST
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Name: Kathy
Western MA

Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Region: Northeast US Orchids Irises
Enjoys or suffers cold winters
When will I see it's foliage emerge Ursula? I planted one in the fall.
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Apr 7, 2010 7:27 PM CST
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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
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My Spiranthes odorata are visible as little plantlets now, but cernua leaves look so much like grass and "weeds", I would be hard pressed to say when they emerge. You can safely cut the grass up to ca. the 4th of July without damage to plant ( Maybe losing the tip of the leaves, but only maybe) and flowers.
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Apr 7, 2010 7:41 PM CST
Name: Laurel
Georgia
My cernua is up now. It continues to spread. I wasn't able to bloom it last year despite the wet weather. I've wondered whether it would be better off potted and wet? It's in the herb and shrub side of the veggie garden, slightly under a bush. If I put it in the pasture meadow I'll probably loose it for sure. Visually that is.

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