and another pic

Just marvelous, Ursula!!!

Habenaria rhodocheila is blooming again for me! This will be the second Summer it puts out some spikes.
This terrestrial goes dormant in the Fall and loses all foliage. I place it amongst the Succulents during the indoor season, so I don't accidentally soak the pot at this time. When I see new growth in the Spring I resume watering.
The first picture should probably go into the anticipation thread....

Cool beans! I'm always attracted to these guys but never knew how to grow them!!

Kathy, so far this has been a lot easier than I thought.
The key is truly to withhold water in Winter.

Thanks Ursula!

How precious!

Guess who is growing some potential spikes!!

Oh yes, and right on schedule too!! Cernua is ready to bloom, but cernua var odorata flowering slightly later, is showing spikes now.

This Cubit is making me want too many plants. LOL.

And that is a very good thing....

Go with the flow Clint!

We spent some time in our place in Pennsy ( NE/ Lackawanna county) the last couple of days to see the Spiranthes cernua in bloom. This year is a decent year for them!
We saw a lot of the pretty white spikes and they were this year nicely wide-spread: There was a line of blooming plants next to our pond, we found many, many on the Lichen hill ( the slope has tons of beautiful Lichen) and there were about 20 plants right at the edge of the sunny dirt road leading to our place.



In previous years I had reported ( on DG) the massive stand of Spiranthes cernua on a highway leading to our place. The Spiranthes were just starting to bloom in that spot and this year the lower part of the slope didn't show any spikes, it was most likely too hot for them that close to the highway. The upper part of the slope has a little more vegetation which surely protected them somewhat.

Oh Ursula, so wonderful!!! I love seeing them here each year! Thanks for posting. I have watered my v. odoratas every other day all summer so they think they live in a bog and it's paid off. I'm counting 7 potential spikes.

Good for you, that is really promising!

You know, we never tire of them either. I love to see the different Orchids come up with the seasons.

Earlier in the thread I posted the Epipactis helleborine, which are of course now either in pod or withered or eaten. Here is a particular nice plant with the fattest pods! I had placed a few logs in front of it when it was blooming, perhaps the Deer didn't like that. Or it was simply luck it survived that nice.

May it grow and prosper!!!!

I just checked on the 3 Spiranthes cernua in the Bog and the bunch of nice odorata spikes in front of it. Not happy!!
Something ate the blooms of all 3 cernuas and razor-bladed about 4 odoratas. I think it is a chipmunk again.
Where is that Killer-Kitty??

I just found my poor struggling Dorits pulcherrima var. champornensis which had grown a bunch of leaves, leafless with chewed up leaves litering the ground from chippers. Can I put out a prefered food to keep them from the orchids?

They're starting to bloom!! Musta liked all the rain! It's a race against cold! 39 degrees F tonight!

Looking good!!
And I do think they can take a gentle brush with frost.

An Friday we checked up on the Spiranthes slope on the highway into Scranton. They were still in full bloom and looking fine!